Daily Current Affairs / Facebook appoints Rajeev Agarwal as Director of Public Policy for India
Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: September 21 2021
· Social media giant Facebook announced the appointment of former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Rajiv Agarwal as Director of Public Policy.
· In his new role, Agarwal will be responsible for defining and leading policy development initiatives around user security, data protection and privacy, inclusion and Internet governance for Facebook in India.
· Agarwal, until recently, was the head of public policy for India and South Asia for Uber, a cab aggregator.
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About facebook
v CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
v Founded: February 2004
v CFO: David Wehner
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