Facebook executive chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg came out for Hillary Clinton with an endorsement posted on her Facebook site – just months after the company faced scrutiny for claims of anti-conservative bias in how it curates news.

Sandberg, who wrote about her role as a top woman executive in her book 'Lean In,' said her support for Clinton 'is not because she is a woman. It is because she is the most qualified candidate - and she is the leader we need.'

'We need a leader whose policies reflect where we're going, not where we've been. There is still so much to do - on equal pay, on equality in the workplace, on building a society where everyone has the chance to reach his or her potential, regardless of background, gender, race, or sexual orientation,' she said.

Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg came out with a strong endorsement of Hillary Clinton posted on the social networking site – just months after Facebook came under fire by conservative groups for alleged bias in how it manipulated the site's news feed

In May, Facebook was under fire after a reporter in Gizmodo claimed the company's 'news curators' claimed they were instructed to 'inject' popular stories into Facebook's news feed, while individual curators allegedly kept hot conservative topics off the list.

'Depending on who was on shift, things would be blacklisted or trending, a former curator told the site, listing such topics as former IRS official Lois Lerner, Republican Rand Paul, and other topics.

The fury over the disclosure prompted congressional inquiries, while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with leading conservatives to try to tamp down the crisis.

He denied the alleged activity and wrote on Facebook, 'It doesn't make sense for our mission or our business to suppress political content.'

'I know many conservatives don't trust that our platform surfaces content without a political bias,' he continued. 'I wanted to hear their concerns personally and have an open conversation about how we can build trust.'

Sandberg posted her essay as Clinton accepted the Democratic Party nomination

Like! Hillary Clinton gives a thumbs up today after speaking at a campaign rally at Temple University in Philadelphia

Sandberg's post – she had already indicated her support for Clinton – comes a week after Facebook investor Peter Thiel took the stage at Trump's Republican convention to urge Trump's election.

'Peter Thiel is attending and speaking at the RNC in his personal capacity. He is not attending on behalf of Facebook or to represent our views,' the company said in a statement.

Sandberg's post quickly got 2,600 shares.

Not all the comments were positive.

'I am so disappointed to hear you support someone who is a criminal,' wrote Facebook user Crystal Dobson Prachyl. 'What are you teaching your children? You can be president too if you cheat the American people? Turn your back on American soldiers? Disgusted.'

'You have got to be kidding me. Most corrupt family ever...Wake up!' wrote another user, 'Tracy Crysup.'

'A woman would be awesome....not this one....she's a liar and should be in jail,' wrote Lisa Corso Suter, in a comment that got 158 'likes.'