Facebook Inc, reeling from criticism about Russian influence campaigns on its platform, now faces calls for changes to its top management from a collection of 31 US civil rights groups.
Organisations including Muslim Advocates, MoveOn, the Southern Poverty Law Centre and the National LGBTQ Task Force, co-signed a letter asking chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg to step down from his role as board chairman. It also requested that chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg leave the board entirely. The groups are calling for three new directors to be added, representing their diverse user base, and the dismissal of policy executives Joel Kaplan and Kevin Martin.