On May 23, 2018, Facebook Vice President of Global Public Policy Joel Kaplan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg left the Elysee after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France. presidential palace.
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facebook parents Yuan Joel Kaplan, the company’s current vice president of policy and a former Republican staffer, will replace Nick Clegg, the company’s president of global affairs.
The shakeup, which comes three weeks before President-elect Trump’s inauguration, is the latest sign of how tech companies are positioning themselves for the new administration in Washington.
Former British Deputy Prime Minister Craig said he would resign and called the New Year the best time to move on. He will be succeeded by Kaplan, who will serve as chief global affairs officer.
Kaplan, a staffer to former President George W. Bush, appeared at the New York Stock Exchange With Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and Trump in December. He also attended the 2018 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a personal friend,lead to a controversy For social media companies.
“I look forward to spending the next few months transitioning the reins and representing the company at a series of international gatherings during the first quarter of this year,” Craig wrote in a memo to employees. He shared on Facebook Thursday.
Clegg, who joined the company in 2018 after previously working in UK politics for the Lib Dems, has helped Meta cope with incredible scrutiny, particularly over the company’s influence on elections and its efforts to control harmful content . Craig also helped the company through the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which Facebook shared user data with third-party political consultants. He also represents the company frequently at artificial intelligence panel meetings and conferences in Washington and London. congressional hearing.
“During my time at the company, the relationship between ‘Big Tech’ and the social pressures embodied in the new laws, institutions and norms impacting the industry has undergone a major realignment,” Clegg wrote.
Craig said in the report that former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin will succeed Kaplan as Meta’s vice president of global policy. He noted that Kaplan will work closely with David Ginsburg, the company’s vice president of global communications and public affairs.
“Nick: I thank you for everything you have done for Meta and the world over the past seven years,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement. “You have built a strong team to advance this work. Given Joel’s many years With his wealth of experience and insight to lead our policy work, I am delighted that Joel will take on this next step.”
First reported by Semafor news.
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