Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos Quits, Will Join Stanford University
Facebook's Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos, who was a key figure in the fight against the spread of imitation news and misinformation, on Thursday officially announced to quit and join Stanford Academy as a full-time instructor and researcher.
The announcement came equally Facebook investigation, nether Stamos, revealed on July 31 that information technology discovered and banned 26 bad actors who were using the platform to manipulate political discourse as US mid-term elections approach.
"I have had the pleasure of lecturing at Stanford for several years, and at present I will accept the honor of guiding new generations of students as an Offshoot Professor at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies," Stamos said in a Facebook postal service.
His last twenty-four hour period at Facebook will be August 17.
"It is critical that we as an industry alive up to our collective responsibility to consider the impact of what we build, and I wait forward to continued collaboration and partnership with the security and safety teams at Facebook," he noted.
Inside Facebook, Stamos had been strongly advocating for investigating and disclosing Russian activity on the social media platform.
Facebook's reputation is already nether set on over Russia'southward alleged use of Facebook tools to sway US voters with divisive and faux news posts before and after the 2016 election.
According to The Verge, Stamos, who joined Facebook in 2015, won't be replaced subsequently he leaves, "meaning no ane will concord the title of 'Chief Security Officer' at Facebook".
Facebook Primary Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said that the company "looks frontward to collaborating with him in his new role".
Source: https://beebom.com/alex-stamos-facebook-quits/
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