Facebook’s board is throwing public support behind board members Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg
Also: Zuckerberg gave Sandberg his personal vote of confidence following a damning New York Times story published Wednesday.
Facebook 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.
As Mark and Sheryl made clear to Congress, the company was too slow to spot Russian interference, and too slow to take action.
But to suggest that they knew about Russian interference and either tried to ignore it or prevent investigations into what had happened is grossly unfair.In the last eighteen months Facebook, with the full support of this board, has invested heavily in more people and better technology to prevent misuse of its services, including during elections.
On a conference call with reporters that lasted well over an hour Thursday morning, Zuckerberg also sidestepped multiple questions asking him whether someone at Facebook should be fired for the companys strategic moves over the past few years.
Zuckerberg also gave a strong showing of support for Sandberg, who came out looking the worst of all Facebooks executives from the New York Times investigation.
Not only did Sandberg make some questionable decisions about when and how to disclose Russian meddling efforts, but a lot of the other executives mentioned making questionable decisions were Sandbergs direct reports.
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