Profile of Nick Clegg, Facebook's VP of Global Affairs and Comms, who led the creation of its Oversight Board and is now shaping the company's COVID-19 response
Facebook's new “Oversight Board” will be based in London, not Silicon Valley. They're planning an additional office in D.C. at some point in the future. https://www.politico.com/... Marie Lamensch / @marielamensch84 : “ But is Nick Clegg changing Facebook for the better—or putting a fresh shine on deep problems? Nick Clegg of Facebook” It's all a veil. The whole structure of the platform is the problem. https://www.politico.com/... Deepa Seetharaman / @dseetharaman : Interesting in-depth profile of Facebook's top comms and policy exec, Nick Clegg, in @politico, which positions him as responsible for Facebook's new, more aggressive posture. https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/... Maggie MitchellSalem / @magsmitchell : “People who have been here from the beginning are, 'Oh my gosh, isn't it awful?' I don't mind that. I mean, I come from a world where everyone criticizes all the time. We really have very heavy duties 2explain ourselves 2the outside world."@nick_clegg https://www.politico.eu/... Mark Flanagan / @markflanagan_ : Interesting interview with Nick Clegg Clegg on the role of tech in the crisis - showing that Facebook “can still be a powerful force for good.” https://www.politico.eu/... Phil Reilly / @phil_reilly : What the boss did next. The Brit Trying to Fix Facebook's Global Image https://www.politico.com/... via @politico
The damage this guy did to British politics is still being felt. He completely failed in his role as Lib Dem leader and Deputy PM. Apparently this kind of failure gets rewarded handsomely https://twitter.com/...
Fascinating sleight of hand - seems obvious from the UK that a Lib Dem would be (towards the left of) Democrat in the US yet the lack of label let him triangulate. https://www.politico.com/... (Interesting profile generally too) https://twitter.com/...
“I don't believe in sitting here behind these lovely walls in Menlo Park and kind of just hunkering down,” @nick_clegg tells @nancyscola in this week's @POLITICOMag Friday Cover. https://www.politico.com/...
Nick Clegg's memo to Zuckerberg when he was approached to join FB argued that a company w/ more than 2 billion users needed to act like the global power it was, and go out and engage with the messiness of the real world Great look from @nancyscola https://www.politico.com/...
Double @POLITICO feature on the clash of politics and technology in age of Corona. Nick Clegg tries to clean up Facebook's act. https://www.politico.com/...
Every decade, Clegg must try to tame a much larger entity identified with the colour blue. 2030's target will be an actual whale. https://twitter.com/...
sorry but politico describing nick clegg as a “smooth political fixer” has me in tears. all he did as deputy prime minister was break his promises & trade a 5p carrier bag charge for benefit sanctions https://twitter.com/...
I feel Americans don't quite get that Deputy Prime Minister is like Vice-President *without* the power or gravitas. It's a signal you will never, ever be PM, not that you're a contender for it. https://twitter.com/...
One new nugget I turned up while reporting this story — Facebook's new “Oversight Board” will be based in London, not Silicon Valley. They're planning an additional office in D.C. at some point in the future. https://www.politico.com/...
“ But is Nick Clegg changing Facebook for the better—or putting a fresh shine on deep problems? Nick Clegg of Facebook” It's all a veil. The whole structure of the platform is the problem. https://www.politico.com/...
Interesting in-depth profile of Facebook's top comms and policy exec, Nick Clegg, in @politico, which positions him as responsible for Facebook's new, more aggressive posture. https://www.politico.com/... https://twitter.com/...
“People who have been here from the beginning are, 'Oh my gosh, isn't it awful?' I don't mind that. I mean, I come from a world where everyone criticizes all the time. We really have very heavy duties 2explain ourselves 2the outside world."@nick_clegg https://www.politico.eu/...
Interesting interview with Nick Clegg Clegg on the role of tech in the crisis - showing that Facebook “can still be a powerful force for good.” https://www.politico.eu/...