A rift at Facebook after executive attends Kavanaugh hearing
[ad_1] NEW YORK: The appearance of a Facebook executive behind Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his contentious confirmation hearings has created some rifts at the company. Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president for global public policy, is a friend of Kavanaugh and worked with him during the George W. Bush administration. Kaplan was seated in a section reserved for Kavanaugh's friends and family during the hearing. Kavanaugh is facing allegations of at least one sexual assault decades ago. Kaplan wrote Facebook staff in a memo last week that he is aware that this is a "deeply painful" moment, according to several media outlets. Those reports say that some employees took his appearance as an endorsement of Kavanaugh. According to the reports, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff at a regularly scheduled meeting last week that Kaplan didn't break company rules. The issue is expected to come up again at a meeting Friday. In a statement Friday, Facebook said...