During a recent speech at Georgetown University, Mark Zuckerberg depicted Facebook’s origin as rooted in enabling open political speech. The reality is that Facebook was an evolution of an attractiveness rating site developed by Zuckerberg while he was a student at Harvard. Zuckerberg was called out on his revisionist history […]
Not every Facebook employee leaves with a high opinion of the social media giant or its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Cofounder Chris Hughes thinks the company is too powerful and should be broken up. Founding President Sean Parker worries what Facebook is doing to kids’ brains. A former strategic partner manager […]
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former security chief, suggested on Tuesday that Mark Zuckerberg should hire someone to replace him as the company’s CEO. MicrosoftPresident Brad Smith would make a good candidate to replace Zuckerberg, Stamos said. The move would allow Zuckerberg to focus on what he likes best and signal a […]
Former Facebook exec Alex Stamos says the leadership culture at the company is like “Game of Thrones.” In an interview with CNN, the outspoken security pro said it could be difficult for Facebook execs to admit when they were wrong. Stamos reportedly clashed with others on the leadership team, including […]
Over the weekend, Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former security chief, wrote his own account of a run-in with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, published by the Washington Post. In it, he confirms a story of how, when and why she yelled at him after he told Facebook’s board that the Russians had […]
Former Facebook security boss Alex Stamos criticised Tim Cook’s hypocrisy after the Apple CEO launched a blistering attack on firms that flout user privacy. Stamos pointed to Apple’s trade practices in China, which block privacy-enabling features like end-to-end encryption and installing VPNs. He said for many tech companies, China is […]
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former security boss, told the MIT Technology Review that propaganda and disinformation are a problem that will never be eliminated. Stamos led Facebook’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and has warned that it’s too late to save the 2018 midterms from the same […]
Facebook’s ex-security chief Alex Stamos has warned that it is now “too late to protect the 2018 elections.” Stamos was in charge of Facebook’s response to Russian hacking and meddling during the 2016 election, and he says it now risks happening again. The security executive, in his first public statement […]
Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos is leaving the social network. He’s going to Stanford University, where he’ll continue digging in to cybersecurity research. The news comes one day after Stamos played a key role in Facebook’s public disclosure of a targeted political influence campaign. Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex […]
A leaked memo has cast more light on Facebook’s discomfort at being thrust into the frontline of nation-state cyberwarfare. Alex Stamos, Facebook’s outgoing chief security officer, said having to be more transparent about state interference has been “uncomfortable,” according to the email obtained by BuzzFeed. Stamos said he deserves as […]
Facebook’s security boss Alex Stamos called on Facebook to make some major changes in the wake of its string of scandals in March 2018. BuzzFeed News has published an internal memo in which the exec argues that the company needs to collect less user data and listen to people’s concerns […]
Facebook’s Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos plans to leave the company in August, according to media reports. Stamos reportedly clashed with other executives at Facebook over how to handle the spread of misinformation on the platform. Stamos acknowledged in a tweet that his role had changed at Facebook, but […]
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