Trying times in Menlo Park, it seems: Amid assaults from all quarters largely focused on privacy, is shifting some upper management around to better defend itself. Its head of policy in the U.S., Erin Egan, is returning to her chief privacy officer role, and a VP (and former FCC chairman) is taking her spot, at least temporarily.
Kevin Martin, until very recently VP of mobile and global access policy, will be Facebook’s new interim head of policy. He was hired in 2015 for that job; he was at the FCC from 2001 to 2009, Chairman for the last four of those years. So whether you liked his policies or not, he clearly knows his way around a roll of red tape.
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