Facebook said Elliot Schrage, who as head of communications and public policy has led the social network’s response to scandals about privacy and election meddling, would step down from the company after a decade.
Mr Schrage will stay on as an adviser to Facebook while his successor is chosen and later to assist with special projects, the company said in a statement. He has no immediate plans except to “start a new chapter in his life,” it added.
He is at least the third high-level executive set to leave Facebook this year, upending a period of relative stability in the company’s management.
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