Facebook General Counsel Colin Stretch Will Leave the Company at the End of the Year

Deputy general counsel Paul Grewal is a potential replacement

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch said in a Facebook post announcing his departure from the company at the end of the year, “There is never a ‘right time’ for a transition like this,” and that would seem to be an understatement for the social network.

The company is dealing with fallout from the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and continued heat both domestically and internationally over its impact on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and concerns about privacy, questionable content and fake news.

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