{"id":19245,"date":"2025-01-02T19:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19245"},"modified":"2025-01-02T20:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:26:06","slug":"meta-appoints-joel-kaplan-to-lead-global-policy-replacing-nick-clegg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19245","title":{"rendered":"Meta Appoints Joel Kaplan to Lead Global Policy, Replacing Nick Clegg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joel Kaplan, who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, who was a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta\u2019s head of policy.<\/p>\n

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Meta on Thursday appointed Joel Kaplan<\/a>, a longtime executive who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush and is known for his Republican ties, to be its new head of global policy, as the social media giant seeks to strengthen its links to the incoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kaplan replaces Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain who has handled policy and regulatory issues globally for Meta since 2018. In a post to his personal Facebook page, Mr. Clegg said that Mr. Kaplan was \u201cquite clearly the right person for the right job at the right time, ideally placed to shape the company\u2019s strategy as societal and political expectations around technology continue to evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta\u2019s chief executive, thanked Mr. Clegg in a comment on his Facebook post for making an \u201cimportant impact advancing Meta\u2019s voice and values around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Zuckerberg and Meta are among many in the tech industry who have increasingly worked to forge direct relationships with President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent months. Before November\u2019s election, Mr. Zuckerberg, Apple\u2019s chief executive, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai, Google\u2019s chief executive, started reaching out to Mr. Trump<\/a> as they aimed to put themselves in a position to potentially benefit their businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month, Meta donated $1 million to Mr. Trump\u2019s inaugural fund. That move came just weeks after Mr. Zuckerberg met with Mr. Trump<\/a> at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

Mr. Kaplan has many roots with conservatives and the Republican Party. After attending Harvard Law School, he clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and later served as former President Bush\u2019s deputy chief of staff from 2006 to 2009. He joined Facebook in 2011 at the urging of Sheryl Sandberg, its former chief operating officer and a friend of Mr. Kaplan\u2019s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nick Clegg during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in September.<\/span>Pete Kiehart for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In a comment on Mr. Clegg\u2019s Facebook post, Mr. Kaplan called the change \u201cbittersweet\u201d and said he was \u201chonored\u201d to follow in Mr. Clegg\u2019s footsteps.<\/p>\n

Mr. Clegg spent much of his time at Meta pushing its agenda on open-source artificial intelligence, campaigning for the company in the European Union and repairing relationships in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI am proud of the work I have been able to do leading and supporting teams across the company to ensure innovation can go hand in hand with increased transparency and accountability, and with new forms of governance,\u201d Mr. Clegg said on Thursday. He said<\/a> he plans to remain at Meta for a few months, representing the company in international events before departing.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Joel Kaplan, who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, who was a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta\u2019s head of policy.Meta on Thursday appointed Joel Kaplan, a longtime executive who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush and is known for his Republican ties, to be its new head of global policy, as the social media giant seeks to strengthen its links to the incoming Trump administration.Mr. Kaplan replaces Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain who has handled policy and regulatory issues globally for Meta since 2018. In a post to his personal Facebook page, Mr. Clegg said that Mr. Kaplan was \u201cquite clearly the right person for the right job at the right time, ideally placed to shape the company\u2019s strategy as societal and political expectations around technology continue to evolve.\u201dMark Zuckerberg, Meta\u2019s chief executive, thanked Mr. Clegg in a comment on his Facebook post for making an \u201cimportant impact advancing Meta\u2019s voice and values around the world.\u201dMr. Zuckerberg and Meta are among many in the tech industry who have increasingly worked to forge direct relationships with President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent months. Before November\u2019s election, Mr. Zuckerberg, Apple\u2019s chief executive, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai, Google\u2019s chief executive, started reaching out to Mr. Trump as they aimed to put themselves in a position to potentially benefit their businesses.Last month, Meta donated $1 million to Mr. Trump\u2019s inaugural fund. That move came just weeks after Mr. Zuckerberg met with Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago.Mr. Kaplan has many roots with conservatives and the Republican Party. After attending Harvard Law School, he clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and later served as former President Bush\u2019s deputy chief of staff from 2006 to 2009. He joined Facebook in 2011 at the urging of Sheryl Sandberg, its former chief operating officer and a friend of Mr. Kaplan\u2019s.Nick Clegg during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in September.Pete Kiehart for The New York TimesIn a comment on Mr. Clegg\u2019s Facebook post, Mr. Kaplan called the change \u201cbittersweet\u201d and said he was \u201chonored\u201d to follow in Mr. Clegg\u2019s footsteps.Mr. Clegg spent much of his time at Meta pushing its agenda on open-source artificial intelligence, campaigning for the company in the European Union and repairing relationships in Washington.\u201cI am proud of the work I have been able to do leading and supporting teams across the company to ensure innovation can go hand in hand with increased transparency and accountability, and with new forms of governance,\u201d Mr. Clegg said on Thursday. He said he plans to remain at Meta for a few months, representing the company in international events before departing.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19247,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19248,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19245\/revisions\/19248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}