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Nick Clegg is leaving Meta after 7 years overseeing its policy decisions
Nick Clegg, the former British deputy prime minister turned Meta executive, is leaving after a seven-year stint with the social media company.
Clegg will be replaced by Joel Kaplan, a longtime policy executive and former White House aide to George W. Bush known for his deep ties to Republican circles in Washington. As Chief Global Affairs Officer, Kaplan — as Semafor notes —will be well-positioned to run interference for Meta as Donald Trump takes control of the White House. “My time at the company coincided with a significant resetting of the relationship between ‘big tech’ and the societal pressures manifested in new laws, institutions and norms affecting the sector,” Clegg wrote in a post on Threads.
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