Facebook announced Monday that its chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has joined the company's eight-member board of directors.

The move may  tone down some  criticism about Facebook, which has often found itself in line of fire for stifling diversity.

Sandberg joined Facebook in 2008 and has been one of its most powerful executives. Prior to Facebook, Sandberg was Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). She also was involved in launching Google's philanthropic arm Google.org. Read More........

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