Here are the Facebook execs that insiders think might leave next

Apart from CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg, few Facebook execs have attracted more ire this year than Joel Kaplan, the company's vice president of global public policy.

Kaplan was spotted seated behind Brett Kavanaugh during the judge's acrimonious Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and when it emerged that he was there in support of Kavanaugh, a close friend, many Facebook employees exploded in outrage.

The 48-year-old exec previously served as a staffer in the George W. Bush White House, making him a rare conservative at the famously liberal company. And civil rights groups have also been consistently calling for his firing, citing his role in a smear campaign against Facebook critics.

A current employee suggested he could be next to go, citing his unpopularity with some at the company.

Dan Levy, Facebook's vice president of small business, is an attractive target for potential recruiters.

"In terms of the best people at Facebook that's still there, you can't ignore Dan Levy who is the one person that's responsible for Facebook's growth in the past 3 years," one source said.

Levy has been at Facebook since October 2008, working as a director on payments, risk, and finance before taking on the small business role in July 2012.

One area of intense scrutiny for Facebook over the last twelve months has been content moderation, from Myanmar to Libya, and that makes Ellen Silver one to watch.

She's VP of operations, and in that role oversees the company's content moderation efforts.

Silver has been with Facebook since August of 2009, working at eBay for more than five years prior to that.

In his role as vice president of media partnerships, Nick Grudin oversees Facebook's media and content partnerships with news organisations and other media companies.

Relationships between news organisations and Facebook started the year badly, when Facebook decimated their traffic with an algorithm tweak to promote "meaningful engagement," and the drumbeat of scandals means things haven't really improved since.

The departure of a senior leaders raises the possibility of further departures beneath them.

Such is the case with Colin Stretch, Facebook's general counsel, who announced his departure earlier this year but is now staying on into 2019.

One source suggested his direct reports might be worth keeping an eye on; these include deputy general counsels Dave Kling, Allen Lo, Chris Sounderby, and Allison Mull.

The same applies again: With Schrage heading out, there might be some reshuffling beneath him, a former employee suggested. (One of his direct reports already left in 2018: Rachel Whetstone, VP of corporate communications, who joined Netflix as its new comms boss.)

These include chief privacy Erin Egan, longtime communications exec Caryn Marooney, and — of course — Joel Kaplan.

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