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From Mark Zuckerberg to George Soros, here’s everything you need to know about Facebook’s latest crisis
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Chip Somodevilla / GettyThe New York Times published an important story last week that explored how Facebook’s top executives, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, have handled the company’s numerous crises over the past two years.
Facebook didn’t come out looking good, and neither did Zuckerberg or Sandberg. The days after the story published included a lot of he-said, she-said, denials and clarifications coming from all sides.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, VP Dan Rose and COO Sheryl Sandberg Drew Angerer / GettyFacebook is circling the wagons as the company looks to do damage control following a damning New York Times story published Wednesday that called into question decisions made by Facebook leadership, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, over the past two years.
Among the claims in the story: That Facebook knew Russia was using the service to try and influence the 2016 election much earlier than it publicly announced. The story also revealed that Facebook hired an opposition research firm to “discredit activist protesters” and link them to Democratic financier George Soros, something Zuckerberg claimed on Thursday that he knew nothing about.
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Drew Angerer / GettyFacebook is, once again, a political piñata.
In the aftermath of a New York Times story that meticulously revealed Facebook’s cloddish response to the disinformation and hacking campaigns around the 2016 election, the company is battling renewed criticism from Washington, D.C.
Read Article >Facebook’s top lawyer — who said he was leaving the company — isn’t leaving after all, because Facebook is still in crisis
Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch Chip Somodevilla / GettyFacebook’s top lawyer, General Counsel Colin Stretch, announced back in July that he was leaving the company at the end of the year. That’s no longer happening.
Stretch has decided to stay at Facebook, given that the company is still dealing with a number of legal and political crises, including multiple federal investigations into Facebook’s data and privacy practices that started earlier this year.
Read Article >Who does Facebook fire after a bombshell New York Times investigation?
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg celebrates her eight-year anniversary with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg / FacebookThe New York Times published a bombshell report Wednesday: An in-depth account of Facebook’s repeated struggles over the past two years to clean up mess after mess, from Russian election interference to privacy breaches and data leaks.
The story leaves one wondering: Will someone be fired for Facebook’s role in all of this? And if so, who? And, if not, why not?
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