""Mark's commitment to MMA is so strong that he insisted one morning, during a management offsite, that some of his most senior executives join him for a training session," Clegg writes. That's how he ended up on the mat, straddled by his deputy Joel Kaplan (who would later replace him), in "a manoeuvre apparently known as the 'Domination Mount'," which Clegg admits was "too close for comfort.""
"Clegg makes a spirited, if not always convincing, attempt to address the claim that Meta has harmed public interactions and polarized politics. "Most people don't really use social media to engage in politics," he writes. Political content, he claims, makes up less than 6% of what people see on Facebook. If you want to assign blame for political discourse, he suggests, look instead to X (formerly Twitter)."
"According to Clegg, social media has transformed democracy, but it hasn't destroyed it. "Undoubtedly it has [changed democracy]," he writes, describing it as a "disruptive and messy change." He argues it will take time to understand the full implications but insists there are benefits alongside the well-documented problems."
Nick Clegg outlines changes he believes are necessary in technology and defends Meta's role in public discourse while acknowledging problems. He recounts an anecdote where Mark Zuckerberg encouraged senior executives to train in MMA, resulting in Clegg being straddled by deputy Joel Kaplan in a 'Domination Mount' that felt 'too close for comfort.' Clegg claims political content comprises less than 6% of Facebook feeds and suggests X bears more responsibility for political discourse. He states social media has transformed democracy without destroying it, calling the change 'disruptive and messy' while noting benefits alongside harms. He notes Meta suspended Donald Trump's account in 2021.
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