Facebook is turning to a Republican Party-friendly face to help boost its lobbying efforts during these times of tumult for the company.
Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin, who joined Facebook in May 2015 as vice president of mobile and global access policy, will serve as interim head of policy, reporting to vp of global public policy Joel Kaplan.
Martin worked with Kaplan on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign before spending eight years (2001-2009) at the FCC during the Bush administration, serving as chairman from March 2005 through January 2009, when Barack Obama became president.
Erin Egan had been serving as both chief privacy officer and vp overseeing U.S.
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