Sheryl Sandberg has a message for college grads: be "clear-eyed optimists." The Facebook COO addressed graduates at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, urging them to pursue work that supports equality, democracy, truth and kindness. She added: "You might be thinking, given some of the issues Facebook has had, isn't what I'm saying hitting pretty close to home? Earlier this year, news surfaced that Cambridge Analytica, which had ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, may have accessed information on as many as 87 million Facebook users without the users' knowledge. Related: Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to publicSandberg has long advocated for helping women advance at work.

Source: CNN June 08, 2018 15:45 UTC