8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (15)
#17922391 at 2022-12-11 07:05:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #21966: #ReleaseTheKraken Edition
April 22, 2019
Facebook hires top State Department lawyer as general counsel
Facebook announced on Monday that it's bringing in a new general counsel and vice president of communications as it tries to rebuild its image following a year filled with scandals. The company said Jennifer Newstead, the legal adviser to the U.S. State Department, is joining the company as its general counsel, replacing Colin Stretch, who said last year that he would be departing. Facebook also named John Pinette as vice president of global communications, succeeding Caryn Marooney, who announced her plans to leave in February.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/facebook-hires-top-state-department-lawyer-as-general-counsel.html
#6307165 at 2019-04-25 08:16:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8065: Q is in the House Edition
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/04/newstead-and-pinette-join-facebook/
Jennifer Newstead to Join Facebook as General Counsel and John Pinette Becomes Vice President of Global Communications
Facebook announced today that Jennifer Newstead will join the company as General Counsel, overseeing the company's global legal functions.
Newstead succeeds Colin Stretch, who announced in July 2018 that he planned to leave. He will continue at Facebook through the summer to help with the transition.
"Jennifer is a seasoned leader whose global perspective and experience will help us fulfill our mission," said Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer. "We are also truly grateful to Colin for his dedicated leadership and wise counsel over the past nine years. He has played a crucial role in some of our most important projects and has created a strong foundation for Jennifer to build upon."
Newstead brings deep government and private sector experience to the role. She currently serves as the Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State, overseeing work on all domestic and international legal issues affecting the conduct of US foreign policy. She was confirmed by the Senate in December 2017 and before joining the State Department was a partner in the law firm of Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP, where she had a global practice representing clients in cross-border regulatory, enforcement and litigation matters.
"I'm excited to be joining Facebook at an important time and working with such a fantastic team," Newstead said. "Facebook's products play an important role in societies around the world. I am looking forward to working with the team and outside experts and regulators on a range of legal issues as we seek to uphold our responsibilities and shared values."
Earlier in her career, Newstead served in other senior roles in government, including as General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget, as a Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, and an Associate White House Counsel. She previously served as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and for Judge Silberman of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. She graduated from Yale Law School and received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University.
#6280213 at 2019-04-23 02:46:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8031: Investigate The Investigators Edition
Facebook hires 'co-writer' of the pro-surveillance Patriot Act amid growing concerns over privacy
As Facebook is facing more pressure over its handling of user data, the embattled social media giant has hired Jennifer Newstead, widely regarded as a co-author of the Patriot Act, to deal with its legal woes.
Facebook announced on Monday that Newstead would be replacing Colin Stretch as the company's general counsel. COO Sheryl Sandberg touted Newstead as a "seasoned leader whose global perspective and experience" would help the company "fulfill its mission." While Newstead might boast vast experience in the legal field, having worked in both private and public sectors, her government record is not without controversy.
https://www.rt.com/usa/457269-facebook-patriot-act-surveilliance/
#6276389 at 2019-04-22 21:23:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8026: Lou Dobbs Tonight @ 7pm EST Edition
Facebook hires State Department lawyer as general counsel
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Monday named the legal adviser to the U.S. State Department as its general counsel, as the social media giant faces growing regulatory hurdles and privacy concerns.
Jennifer Newstead, who brings government and private sector experience to the role, will succeed Colin Stretch, who decided to quit the company in July 2018, Facebook said in a blog post.
Facebook has come under increasing pressure around the world to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform, while its ad practises have been in the spotlight for two years amid growing discontent over its approach to privacy and user data.
The social media company also named John Pinette as vice president of global communications, succeeding Caryn Marooney, who decided to leave the company in February.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-moves/facebook-hires-state-department-lawyer-as-general-counsel-idUSKCN1RY1JN?il=0
may be a repeat as still trying to catch-up with pb's and notables.
#5544457 at 2019-03-06 23:27:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7089: FB RETURNING TO THE NEWS Edition
These are the Facebook execs who have announced their departure in 2018, as of Sept. 1st of 2018.
Jan Koum, co-founder of Facebook-owned WhatsApp
Elliot Schrage, head of communications and public policy
Colin Stretch, Facebook's top lawyer
Alex Stamos, formerly chief security officer at Facebook
Dan Rose, one of Facebook's earliest executives and VP of partnerships
Rachel Whetstone, a top communications executive at Facebook. (Who went to Netflix).
Alex Hardiman, head of news products.
#4174815 at 2018-12-06 01:57:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5316: What do you want for XMAS? Edition
Facebook Board Backs Sheryl Sandberg's Handling of Research on Investor George Soros
Facebook Inc.'s board of directors threw its support behind Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on Wednesday, saying that it was "entirely appropriate" for her to ask if George Soros had shorted the company's stock after the billionaire investor called the social-media giant a "menace."
Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch sent a letter from the board to Patrick Gaspard, president of Mr. Soros's Open Society Foundations. Mr. Gaspard has been among those who have criticized or questioned Ms. Sandberg's handling of the matter.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-board-backs-sheryl-sandbergs-handling-of-research-into-investor-george-soros-1544038662
#2852697 at 2018-09-03 01:21:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3606 Slow Sunday Evening Edition
>>2852372
Q said "7" … Here 4 executives who have said they're leaving Facebook so far in 2018:
Jan Koum , co-founder of Facebook-owned WhatsApp, announced his exit in April in a Facebook post saying it was time to "move on."
Elliot Schrage , head of communications and public policy, said in June he was leaving Facebook after more than 10 years.
"I've decided it's time to start a new chapter in my life," Schrage said in a post to his Facebook page .
Colin Stretch , Facebook's top lawyer, announced he'd be leaving the company after more than eight years. As general counsel, Stretch represented Facebook before Congress to address Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Alex Stamos , formerly chief security officer at Facebook, formally stepped down in August following earlier rumors of his departure and an internal memo to staff .
In the memo - reported by Buzzfeed news - Stamos said a re-organization of his team left him eyeing a transition. Stamos had been at Facebook since 2015. He's now teaching at Stanford University.
#2847811 at 2018-09-02 19:12:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3600: You're FIRED Edition
>>2847730
FTA
Jan Koum, co-founder of Facebook-owned WhatsApp, announced his exit in April in a Facebook post saying it was time to "move on."
Elliot Schrage, head of communications and public policy, said in June he was leaving Facebook after more than 10 years. "I've decided it's time to start a new chapter in my life," Schrage said in a post to his Facebook page.
In July, Colin Stretch, Facebook's top lawyer, announced he'd be leaving the company after more than eight years.
"When my wife Alyse and I made the decision a few years ago to move back to DC from California, we knew it would be difficult for me to remain in this role indefinitely," he said in a Facebook post.
Alex Stamos, formerly chief security officer at Facebook, formally stepped down in August following earlier rumors of his departure and an internal memo to staff.
Also in August, Dan Rose, one of Facebook's earliest executives and VP of partnerships, said he was leaving. Rose joined Facebook in 2006, and is leaving to join his family in Hawaii.
Earlier this week, Netflix announced it had poached Rachel Whetstone, a top communications executive at Facebook. Whetstone had only been at the company for a year. She is the only executive on this list not to comment on her exit on her personal Facebook account. She follows her boss, Schrage, in leaving.
That brings us to Wednesday, when Alex Hardiman, head of news products, announced her departure. Hardiman had been at Facebook for what she called "two deeply gratifying years," and will join The Atlantic.
"I've always been a news person. It's my passion during the workday and my guilty pleasure on nights and weekends,"
#2312624 at 2018-07-27 17:53:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2914 Everything Stated Has A Purpose Edition
>>2312569
Elliot Schrage, vice president of communications and public policy, announced his departure.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/14/facebook-elliot-schrage-depature/?guccounter=1
Facebook's top attorney stepping down as company faces multiple probes
Colin Stretch has worked at Facebook since 2010
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebooks-top-attorney-stepping-down-as-company-faces-multiple-probes-2018-07-24
#2294434 at 2018-07-26 09:39:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research #2891 Night of the Living Bread Edition
>>2294430
If your name is Colin Stretch, you might have been beaten up in school.
#2294427 at 2018-07-26 09:37:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research #2891 Night of the Living Bread Edition
Sorry if its been posted.
Facebook lawyer quiting.
https://www.recode.net/2018/7/24/17605902/facebook-Colin-Stretch-lawyer-leaving-investigation-ftc-russia
>Colin Stretch, Facebook's top lawyer and the man who led Facebook's investigation into Russian election interference efforts following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is leaving the company at the end of the year.
>Stretch, who has been at Facebook since 2010, posted on Tuesday that he's planning to leave the social giant but will stay on until the end of the year to help find his replacement.
>"There is never a 'right time' for a transition like this, but the team and the company boast incredible talent and will navigate this well," Stretch wrote. "I am committed to doing my part to assist with the transition and will stay on through the end of the year." Stretch, who lives in Washington, D.C., added that Facebook needs "sustained leadership in Menlo Park," something that's apparently hard to provide from the East Coast.
#2271483 at 2018-07-25 00:59:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2862: God Bless Patriots Edition
Facebook's top lawyer is leaving as the company still grapples with election aftermath and a federal investigation
Colin Stretch, who has been at Facebook since 2010, posted on Tuesday that he's planning to leave the social giant but will stay on until the end of the year to help find his replacement.
"There is never a 'right time' for a transition like this, but the team and the company boast incredible talent and will navigate this well," Stretch wrote. "I am committed to doing my part to assist with the transition and will stay on through the end of the year." Stretch, who lives in Washington, D.C., added that Facebook needs "sustained leadership in Menlo Park," something that's hard to provide from the East Coast."
https://www.recode.net/2018/7/24/17605902/facebook-Colin-Stretch-lawyer-leaving-investigation-ftc-russia
#1311999 at 2018-05-05 23:12:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1645: The World is Connected. The World is Watching. Edition
Looks like somebody is full of BS.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/looks-like-facebooks-lead-attorney-Colin-Stretch-lied-to-congress-while-under-oath/
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-reportedly-has-a-sauron-alert-to-protect-emp-1825770152
#611846 at 2018-03-10 15:09:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #755: Back To Good Bread - Checkem Edition
Facebook Sees 24% Drop In Average Time Spent On Site
zerohedge.com/news/2018-03-09/facebook-sees-24-drop-average-time-spent-site
While Facebook grapples with an explosion in overhead, expensive regulations in Europe (and possibly soon in the U.S.), a staggering decline in traffic, backlash over conservative purging and pedo questionnaires, and a former executive who went public in December with his "tremendous guilt" over helping to hook people on the "internet crack" that is social media - the Silicon Valley behemoth is facing a new challenge; a 24% drop in the average time spent on the site.
Now new numbers have been released that go through December, and the problem only seems to be getting worse. The updated data shows that Facebook's core platform lost 18% in time spent, which is a huge change from the month before. This, says Pivotal, reflects a 24% decline in time spent per person." Instagram, too, saw some poor engagement numbers. Though aggregated consumption went up, the user base went up at a higher clip, meaning that time per person went down 9%. -Fast Company
Recent changes to Facebook's algorithms which prioritize posts from friends and family over promotions have been blamed for lower engagement - as Zuckerberg warned shareholders about in January.
Perhaps that's why CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other insiders are dumping shares?
Zuckerberg isn't the only insider to sell Facebook stock during February, however. SEC filings reveal a long list of other insiders who also sold FB stock. VP David Fischer converted some restricted stock units this month and sold thousands of shares, including about 18,000 shares this week as part of his prearranged trading plan.
Other insiders who have converted and/ or otherwise moved around some FB stock this month include Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Financial Officer David Wehner, director Kenneth Chenault, Chief Technology Officer Michael Schroepfer, General Counsel Colin Stretch, Chief Product Officer Christopher Cox, and director Jan Koum. That's quite a list, as usually insider sales of Facebook stock occur on a much smaller scale, based on the regulatory filings of insider transactions. -Yahoo! Finance
#567721 at 2018-03-06 16:23:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #699: Speed Baking Edition
>>567637
>>567687
he extent of Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election remains unclear, but it's no secret that social media played a major role. This year brought with it a great deal of scrutiny for tech giants, particularly Facebook, Twitter and Google. These three companies came under the US government's microscope after news that Kremlin bots and trolls, spearheaded by a group known as the Internet Research Agency, used their sites to tamper with the 2016 presidential election. They spread misinformation (fake news!) and dubious ads across Facebook, Twitter and Google to hundreds of millions of users in the US, with the aim of fomenting hostility among Americans. And it's safe to say they succeeded.
In October, Facebook revealed to Congress that more than 145 million Americans were exposed to Russian-linked pages and ads in the lead-up to the election – a revelation that laid bare the scope of the Kremlin's misinformation campaign. That, as it turns out, was actually more damaging than originally disclosed: Facebook first said that 10 million people had seen these types of ads. Twitter discovered more than 2,500 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, while Google found Russian-bought ads on its most popular platforms, including Gmail and YouTube.
As a result, Facebook, Twitter and Google were summoned to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and Senate Intelligence Committee this fall. Members of Congress sought answers about the extent of Russia's influence during the 2016 presidential election and the role technology played in it, particularly social media platforms. During the hearings, lawyers for Facebook, Twitter and Google were asked by members of the Intelligence Committee about their failure to control Russian bots and trolls from spreading misinformation.
The main point of concern for the committee was the number of deceptive political ads that people potentially saw, including one of Aziz Ansari holding a sign that suggested that you could vote from home using a hashtag. That advertisement as well as thousands of others that hit Facebook and Twitter were targeted at Hillary Clinton supporters.
The plan, it seems, is to trust more actual humans to filter malicious content rather than the algorithms that have already failed us.
Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch testified that the company is deeply concerned about these threats and is already doubling its engineering efforts to crack down on these "bad actors" going forward. He said Facebook is hiring more ad reviewers and requiring more information from political advertisers, including proof that they're affiliated with a campaign.
Twitter and Google echoed Stretch's statements: They both told the Intelligence Committee that they're working to ensure that the events of 2016 don't repeat themselves in future elections. The plan, it seems, is to trust more actual humans to filter malicious content rather than the algorithms that have already failed us. Sean Edgett, Twitter's acting general counsel, said the company is "sharpening its tools" and plans to be more transparent with users and the government in the future. Meanwhile, Google's Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security, said the company is working on systems that can better detect fake news and fake accounts across its ecosystem.