On Thursday , Facebook foretell that Kenneth I. Chenault , CEO of American Express , will bring together its board of director . Ina blog mail service celebrating the intelligence , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised Chenault ’s decades - long career with American Express and his expertness in brand building . When Chenault formally joins the board on February 5th , the day after Facebook turns 14 , he will be the company ’s first non - lily-white board appendage .
“ I ’m charmed to bring together the circuit board and look frontwards to wreak with Mark and the other directors as Facebook continues to progress communities that help bring people nearer to friends , sept and the universe around them , ” Chenault said in the post .
Chenault ’s verification come four month after Facebook COO Sheryl Sandbergassured members of the Congressional Black Caucusthat the company would hire a inglorious board member . In October , Sandberg spoke with CBC member after a Senate investigation bring out Russia had used racist ad threatening black violence as part of its disinformation run . At the meeting , Sandberg rationalise and said Facebook would annunciate a black-market board fellow member “ within the foreseeable future tense . ”
Three weeks later , Pro Publica account that Facebook wasstill letting caparison advertisersexclude users found on their race . In 2016 , the company had promise to end the practice after black lawmakers threatened a class action suit , arguing the company was violating the Union Fair Housing Act . Facebook apologized for “ a failure in our enforcement . ”
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In the blog post annunciate the appointment , Zuckerberg aver , “ I ’ve been trying to levy Ken for years . ” Seriously ? “ year ? ” It ’s uncomfortably close to saying Facebook did n’t have any non - white-hot plank members for 14 year because they could n’t ascertain any — or , slightly more plausibly , the one they ascertain did n’t need the job .
Let ’s hope Chenault can temper Zuck ’s taste for weirdly out - of - touch argument and Facebook ’s tendency to circumstantially abet racial discrimination on its platform .
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