Facebook hires Trump State Department official as general counsel

[UpInArms]

Source: Politico

Facebook has hired Jennifer Newstead, a President Donald Trump-appointed legal adviser at the State Department, as its new general counsel as the company faces scrutiny from governments around the world over how it manages content and data on its sprawling social network.

Newstead will be tasked with overseeing Facebook's legal matters worldwide and likely represent the company in Washington as her predecessor has repeatedly done. She will replace Colin Stretch, who announced plans to leave Facebook in July.

Newstead has advised the State Department on legal issues affecting U.S. foreign policy since receiving Senate confirmation in December 2017. She was previously an attorney in the Office of Management and Budget, Justice Department and White House under former President George W. Bush. She helped draft the Patriot Act in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Her hire reflects the increasingly global nature of Facebook's business and legal woes, most recently demonstrated when Sri Lanka shut down the social network after a series of terrorist attacks on Sunday. The company is also facing rising calls for regulation from countries across Europe and Asia in addition to the United States.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/04/22/facebook-trump-state-department-1286566

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Another reason to dump facebook and its subsidiary companies

or not join in the first place, I suppose.

[My Name is Url]

5. I don't have an account

Why would I? After all, I ain't Russian!

[lagomorph777]

7. I've never had an account and this is one more reason not to.

Trump hires the best lawyers; she must be a real prize.

[SunSeeker]

2. What the ever loving fuck?

[orangecrush]

3. KICK

[rockfordfile]

4. Anymore reason to get rid of that un-American pos company

Remember all of these Trumptrash supporters are un-American.

[turbinetree]

6. Facebook should be under criminal indictment......................

they took fucking money from the GRU, FSB and other criminals from within the Russia mafia being operated by a "guy" that likes to push people off buildings, and place bags over people heads when in a meeting...................and Elizabeth Warren has it right , they should be under Federal Regulation and broken-up...........................go fucking figure, another Federalist Society lackey.....................................

Looks like he (drumpf) is developing his criminal enterprise intent for the next election, .................

[niyad]

8. yet one more reason NOT to be on that site.

[niyad]

9. She helped draft the Patriot Act in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.

from what I remember--that travesty was sitting on someone's desk, waiting for a reason to be put forth. one does not create a 400+ page "law" overnight.

[UpInArms]

10. Thank you ...

That POS legislation is the basis for partial destruction of the Constitution

I have hated all who supported it since it became law

[Yeehah]

11. Just deleted my account

Needed it for my previous job but no more.

[UpInArms]

12. Deleted mine six months ago

Haven’t missed it