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Farcebonk's chief technical officer Mike Schroepfer is being questioned by MPs today.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/live/2018/apr/26/facebook-chief-mike-schroepfer-faces-grilling-at-mps-fake-news-inquiry-live
In German, "schröpfen" means 'to milk, to bleed dry' and is often used in relation to financial misbehaviour. "Schröpfer" would be 'one who milks, bleeds dry'. The name may, of course, have a different origin.