Facebook sans Sandberg is more vision than company

FILE PHOTO: Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, attends the "Choose France" summit at the Chateau de Versailles, near Paris, January 22, 2018.
Source: REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool//
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