Over the weekend, New Zealand privacy commissioner John Edwards called Facebook ($FB) "morally bankrupt pathological liars" in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, pointing out that the social media network was the hosting platform for the livestream of the shooting.
Earlier in the week week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that Facebook will stop "bad actors" from manipulating the 2020 U.S. Presidential election in a recent "Good Morning America" interview, doing so in the shadow of yet another controversy involving user data security and privacy.
While Facebook continues to defend itself against further scrutiny over privacy and policing its own platform, the company is increasing hiring for privacy-related positions. The latest hiring spree for privacy-related positions is taking place in the Asia-Pacific region.
As of April 6, there are 67 job openings that contain the word "privacy." That's an increase of 19.64% since we last wrote about Facebook's privacy crusade last month.
One of the main reasons why this increase happened was due to an influx of "Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC" positions. Over the past month, Facebook listed seven such jobs, which are based out of Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Bangkok, Singapore, and Manila.
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Title (4/8/19) |
Number of Openings |
|---|---|
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
7 |
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Director, Global Privacy Operations |
4 |
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Legal Privacy Manager, Readiness and Risk Assessment |
4 |
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Privacy & Public Policy Manager, Partnerships |
4 |
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People Data Privacy Lead |
3 |
|
Data Protection Manager, Privacy (Advisory Manager) |
2 |
|
Data Protection Manager, Privacy (Communications Strategy & Ops) |
2 |
|
Data Protection Manager, Privacy (DPMS) |
2 |
|
Data Protection Manager, Privacy (Data Risk Framework) |
2 |
|
Data Protection Manager, Privacy (Reporting & Research Manager) |
2 |
|
Global Head of People Data Privacy |
2 |
|
People Data Privacy Analyst |
2 |
|
Privacy Operations Specialist |
2 |
|
Privacy Program Manager, Monetization Products |
2 |
These positions emphasize that the ideal candidate will, "lead Facebook’s strategy and engagement in APAC on privacy policy, working with and supporting the wider policy team in the region."
It continues, "The ideal candidate will be an expert in privacy and data protection, have a strong understanding of privacy and policy dynamics in the Asia-Pacific region, have an excellent track record in managing privacy related issues and be comfortable working on technology policy issues."
A Facebook job listing for a Privacy Policy Engagement Manager based in the Philippines
Combined with some other interesting job additions, these APAC-based openings show signs that Facebook may be putting serious human capital into figuring out its privacy problem.
(Each row represents one individual listing)
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New Job Openings on 4/3 |
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Privacy Program Manager, Monetization Products |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Policy Engagement Manager, APAC |
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Privacy Data Misuse Analyst |
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Global Head of People Data Privacy |
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Global Head of People Data Privacy |
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Engineering Manager - Privacy Foundation |
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Director, Global Privacy Operations |
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Director, Global Privacy Operations |
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Director, Global Privacy Operations |
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Director, Global Privacy Operations |
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Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Privacy Programs |
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Data Protection Manager, Privacy (DPMS) |
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Data Protection Manager, Privacy (DPMS) |
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Data Protection Manager, Privacy (Advisory Manager) |
