Nick Clegg

TechScape: Why Donald Trump’s return to Facebook could mark a rocky new age for online discourse

The former president was banned from Instagram and Facebook following the Jan 6 attacks, but Meta argues that new ‘guardrails’ will keep his behaviour in check. Plus: is a chatbot coming for your job?

Josh Taylor

31, Jan, 2023 @11:35 AM

Why is Trump allowed back on Facebook and will Meta’s ‘guardrails’ contain him?

Meta’s leadership say the risk has ‘sufficiently receded’, as the former US president has the ban on his accounts lifted for the first time in two years

Josh Taylor

26, Jan, 2023 @5:26 AM

Why is Labour ignoring its own members on electoral reform? | Polly Toynbee

Liberal-left coalitions are the only way to overturn the right’s unfair electoral advantage, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Polly Toynbee

30, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM

Nick Clegg to decide on Trump’s 2023 return to Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s president of global affairs said it would be a decision ‘I oversee’ after the ex-president’s accounts were suspended in 2021

Kari Paul

23, Sep, 2022 @6:57 PM

‘European at heart’: sense and sensibility behind Nick Clegg’s return

Meta’s president of global affairs is heading back to London, having never hidden his longing for home

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

03, Aug, 2022 @1:10 PM

Nick Clegg returns to London with other Facebook owner executives

Former Lib Dem leader to divide time between UK capital and California as Meta’s head of global affairs

Dan Milmo Global technology editor

03, Aug, 2022 @10:09 AM

Facebook considering ending restrictions on Covid misinformation

Social network turning to its ‘supreme court’ about decision, says head of global affairs, Nick Clegg

Alex Hern Technology editor

26, Jul, 2022 @2:39 PM

The decade that broke Britain: the disastrous decisions that left millions in a cost of living crisis

The government is keen to blame growing levels of poverty on Covid and the Ukraine war. But policies from the benefits cap to the bedroom tax have left households on the brink amid the cost of living crisis. Here are 10 of the worst

John Harris

01, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

Stephen Collins on Nick Clegg and David Cameron – cartoon

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Stephen Collins

05, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

Nick Clegg has the power now to right Facebook’s wrongs. This is how he should do it | Frances Haugen

The former UK politician must act to end the company’s profit-driven cycle of tearing societies and democracies apart, says Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen

02, Mar, 2022 @10:00 AM

Nick Clegg promoted to top Facebook role

Former Lib Dem leader becomes president of global affairs while Mark Zuckerberg to reduce his own role in policy decisions

Kari Paul in San Francisco

16, Feb, 2022 @6:09 PM

Stephen Collins on Facebook going meta – cartoon

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