Facebook announced that starting in September this year, Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos will be a full-time faculty member at Stanford, focusing on cybersecurity and technology policy. Stamos is in 2015 From Yahoo to Facebook.
The most interesting event in Stamos's tenure was how the Russian government used Facebook to influence American politics before and after the 2016 US presidential election. Stamos also often defended his actions against Facebook and Facebook on Twitter. This is in stark contrast to other executives at the company. For example, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rarely defend their positions like him. .
'I am proud to work with the most professional security professionals in the current world in the most threatening environment.' Stamos said, 'Our industry must shoulder the common responsibility to consider the development we have together. The impact of things. '
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it discovered a series of new fake accounts that attempted to influence the US midterm elections by inciting political differences. Facebook did not confirm the behind-the-scenes ambassadors of these accounts.
The company said the disruption was more recent than the Russian Internet Research Agency's intervention in the 2016 US presidential election. The new findings show that it is difficult to stop malicious people from using social media to influence political views. Facebook has increased security spending. Many new coordinators have also been hired to better monitor their websites.
Stamos has also become another Facebook executive who announced his departure this year. The company's chief legal officer, Colin Stretch, and policy director Elliot Schrage will leave. They also helped the company deal with Russia’s intervention in the US election.