Facebook GC – Who Said He Was Leaving – Will Stay Because Facebook is Still in Crisis
Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch, who announced in July that he was leaving the company at the end of the year, has changed his mind, reports Recode.
Facebook is still dealing with legal and political crises, including multiple federal investigations into Facebook’s data and privacy practices that started earlier this year, writes Recode reporter Kurt Wagner.
Stretch was named in a I story as one of the few Facebook executives who knew that Russian hackers were using the service ahead of the election well before it was announced publicly — or even presented to Facebook’s board of directors. It’s unclear whether or not Stretch’s decision to stay had anything to do with that report, according to Wagner.
