An exec who just bailed on Twitter is heading to Facebook to lead product for Instagram

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Kevin Weil, one of the handful of executives who just resigned from Twitter, is heading to Instagram to lead product, Re/code's Kurt Wagner reports.

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Peter Deng, the previous head of product at the photo sharing service, went to work on Facebook-owned Oculus earlier this month, leaving the spot vacant.

Weil had overseen product at Twitter since October 2014 and in his absence, CEO Jack Dorsey will be taking over.

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Business Insider reached out to Facebook for comment and will update if we hear back.

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