Sandberg will stay on the board of Meta, according to the company.
The story, which was never published, was reportedly on court filings showing that an ex-girlfriend of Kotick's had received a temporary restraining order against him after harassment allegations.reported that Sandberg's advisors worried the story could hurt Sandberg's image as an advocate for women, so a team including Facebook employees worked to have the story killed..
Earlier this year, Kotick announced he was stepping down from Activision Blizzard amid a sexual harassment scandal. At the same time, Microsoft announced it would be acquiring the video game company.A Meta spokeswoman said Sandberg's departure is unrelated to reports about the Kotick incident.Sandberg was a pivotal figure in helping the social network become one of the most dominant social media platforms in the world, with nearly 3 billion users around the globe.
Beyond serving as the No. 2 at Facebook, Sandberg has become a celebrity author, penning"Lean In," a book that became a touchstone in the push for greater gender equality in the workplace. She has also served as the public face of the company as it reeled from crises over the years, including in the months following the Cambridge Analytica scandal over how the data-mining firm breached the personal data of millions of Facebook users in 2014. The firm would later assist the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.
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