Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, will work alongside Mark Zuckerberg. He will be in charge of global affairs and communications.
Facebook hired former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to take on the role of global affairs and communications, thus bringing in a person with a political profile at a time when that social network has been a vehicle for several disinformation campaigns in an electoral context. , as in the USA and Brazil.
The news was reported by the Financial Times, which adds that Nick Clegg, who was deputy prime minister in David Cameron’s first term as prime minister, between 2010 and 2015, will move to Silicon Valley in January. The position that Nick Clegg will now assume was previously held by Elliot Schrage, a Facebook employee for 10 years.
Facebook debuted its new fake news control center — also known as War Room — during the first round of the Brazilian elections, on October 7th. The team in question has 20 to 30 people, who in turn coordinate thousands of workers around the world.
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