Sheryl Sandberg and Mike Schroepfer, COO and CTO, Facebook (Code Conference 2016)

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and CTO Mike Shroepfer talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about the two controversies recently faced by the social media giant: Board member Peter Thiel's vendetta against Gawker Media and allegations that Facebook's trending topics were chosen with a liberal bias. Sandberg says Thiel was acting independently and will remain on the board, while Schroepfer reiterates that Facebook found no "systematic bias" but is still trying to communicate openly. Plus: Where does Facebook's platform go from here and should publishers be afraid of that answer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices