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**Facebook** Inc’s photo-sharing app **Instagram** said on Monday it promoted its director of product management Vishal Shah as the head of product, effective immediately. Shah, who joined Instagram in 2015, assumed the position previously held by Adam Mosseri, who was appointed as Instagram’s head in October, following the **high-profile exits of co-founders** Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in September. [caption id=“attachment_5707131” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]  Vishal Shah. Image: The Big Boulder Initiative.[/caption] As the director of product management for Instagram, Shah headed consumer, business, and revenue products divisions, including search, explore, Ads, IGTV, and shopping. The appointment of Shah comes at a time when Facebook’s core platform is under fire for how it safeguards customer data, while it defends against political efforts to spread false information. Facebook has seen many executive departures this year, including departures of co-founders of Facebook-owned messaging app **WhatsApp** Jan Koum and Brian Acton.
Shah has assumed the position previously held by Adam Mosseri, who was appointed as Instagram head in October.
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