As Facebook's scandals have increased so too has the amount of money the company spends to protect CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook on Friday announced that it allocated CEO Mark Zuckerberg $20 million for security purposes -- that's four times what he received for security in 2016.
However, that increase is nearly all attributable to higher security costs. The company said Zuckerberg received nearly $10 million in 2018 for his standard personal security, plus an additional pre-tax allowance of $10 million, new this year,"to cover additional costs related to Mr. Zuckerberg and his family's personal security."
Not all of the funds in Zuckerberg's security compensation are for security, the filing said. About $2.6 million of the $20 million were"for costs related to personal usage of private aircraft."
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