By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Former Apple ads engineer Antonio Garcia Martinez said Apple was “well aware” of his writing before it hired him, and accused the company of defamation in its recent statement regarding his firing.Credit: Antonio Garcia MartinezIn a Twitter thread on Friday, Garcia Martinez said that “Apple actively recruited me for my role on the ads team, reaching out via a former colleague to convince me to join.”…

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