As Donald Trump Prepares To Take Office, Meta Names New Public Policy Chief As Nick Clegg Departs
deadline.comNick Clegg, who has led global affairs at Meta since 2018, is stepping down, to be succeeded by his deputy, Joel Kaplan. The changes in Meta’s public policy and lobbying team come as corporations in general are prepping their shops for the incoming Donald Trump administration and Republican majority.
Kaplan, VP of global public policy, was deputy chief of staff for policy under President George W. Bush, and previously served as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.
He joined Facebook in 2011. In 2020, The Washington Post reported that Kaplan argued against some content moderation measures, arguing that they would disproportionately harm conservative voices.
Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the UK and leader of the Liberal Democrats, wrote on Facebook, “As a new year begins, I have come to the view that this is the right time for me to move on from my role as President, Global Affairs at Meta. “I am now in my seventh year working at this remarkable company.
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