As Facebook struggles to repair its image after a global privacy scandal, the social media giant is trying to make the platform a place that Mark Zuckerberg says encourages “meaningful interactions between people.”
One person who embodies Zuckerberg’s message is Lola Omolola, an ebullient 41-year-old Nigerian-American woman who was highlighted at Facebook’s annual conference in May.
She’s the founder of FIN, a private Facebook group — with nearly 1.7 million members — that has become a support network for women around the globe. FIN originally stood for Female in Nigeria, but as its reach grew to other countries, Omolola recast it simply as Female IN.
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