Mark Zuckerberg is going all out to rehabilitate his image with Donald Trump and his supporters.
Semafor was the first to report that Nick Clegg, the company’s president for global affairs, would be departing after several years at the helm.
A former British deputy prime minister, Clegg was one of the most prominent public faces of the company’s aggressive censorship regime against Trump and the MAGA movement in the wake of the January 6th protesters.
Clegg will be replaced by Joel Kaplan, who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under George W. Bush.
According to Semafor, Kaplan “has been one of the most forceful voices inside Meta against restrictions on political speech, arguing internally that such policies would disproportionately mute conservative voices.”
The report continues:
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/02/2025/meta-will-appoint-joel-kaplan-to-lead-global-policy-team-replacing-nick-clegg