The Wall Street Journal: Facebook parent Meta Platforms’ head of communications leaves, creating damage-control void

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Meta Platforms Inc.’s head of communications said he is leaving the company in a Friday afternoon post to employees, creating a void at the top of the department managing the controversies surrounding the tech giant.

John Pinette had overseen the company’s external communications since 2019. Prior to joining what was then Facebook
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Pinette handled business and philanthropic dealings for deceased Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. He also ran communications for Alphabet Inc.’s Google
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in Asia and advised Microsoft Corp.
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 co-founder Bill Gates in past jobs.