"Nick Clegg chooses difficult jobs. He was the UK's deputy prime minister from 2010 to 2015, a position from which he was surely pulled in multiple directions as he attempted to bridge the divide between David Cameron's Conservatives and his own Liberal Democrats. A few years later he chose another challenging role, serving as Meta's vice-president and then president of global affairs from 2018 until January 2025, where he was responsible for bridging the very different worlds of Silicon Valley and Washington DC."
"The main threat that Clegg addresses in the book is not one caused by the internet; it is the threat to the internet from those who would regulate it. As he puts it: The real purpose of this book is not to defend myself or Meta or big tech. It is to raise the alarm about what I believe are the truly profound stakes for the future of the internet and for who gets to benefit from these revolutionary new technologies."
Nick Clegg served in high-level roles bridging politics and technology, including as the UK's deputy prime minister and later as Meta's global affairs head. He presents strategies for making relationships between tech firms and regulators more cooperative and effective. Clegg identifies the principal danger as regulatory responses that could damage the internet, arguing that the stakes concern who benefits from transformative technologies. Much of his focus defends Meta and big tech, frequently conflating the broader internet with social media. He challenges readers with questions about abandoning technologies or restricting open-internet freedoms while probing the trade-offs of regulation.
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