Meta trades left-wing policy chief for Republican in major overhaul

Zuckerberg thanked Clegg for his seven years of service in showing him the door.

Those efforts became most evident when Facebook suppressed The Post’s reporting of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal shortly before the 2020 election. The social media platform also banned Donald Trump following the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.

When asked about whether Meta should moderate content at the time, Clegg said: “We unavoidably have to.”

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta announced a major overhaul of its global policy team on Thursday – pushing out left-leaning department chief Nick Clegg and replacing him with the company’s best-known Republican, Joel Kaplan.

Clegg said he would be “spending a few months handing over the reins” to Kaplan before heading on to what he described as “new adventures.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a vocal critic of Big Tech, praised Meta’s decision to elevate Kaplan.

“I will be forever grateful to Mark and Sheryl Sandberg for taking me on in the first place – and to the many colleagues and teams I have had the good luck to work with ever since. It truly has been an adventure of a lifetime,” said Clegg, whose exit was first reported by Semafor.

Kaplan is widely seen as Meta’s primary champion for conservatives – and has reportedly argued against policies that would disproportionately impact right-leaning viewpoints.

Meta also donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund.

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