In March, The New York Times reported that Alex Stamos, Facebook’s chief information security officer, intended to leave after disagreeing over how to handle the threat of Russian agents’ using the social network to influence American voters. The company also was faulted for being too slow to reveal the extent of Russian manipulation of Facebook during the 2016 American presidential election. Mr. Schrage was known for often taking a wait-and-see approach on major issues, according to two people who have worked with him at Facebook. After the Russian manipulation, Mr. Schrage initially resisted the idea of an internal investigation, arguing that it could open Facebook up to further criticism, one of the people said. It was only when the evidence of meddling became overwhelming that Mr. Schrage agreed that the company had to issue a statement, the person said.

Source: New York Times June 15, 2018 00:00 UTC