Meta to name Joel Kaplan to lead global policy team, Semafor reports

Meta plans to replace global policy head Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan, Clegg’s deputy and the company’s most prominent Republican, Semafor’s Liz Hoffman, Reed Albergotti, and Gina Chon report, citing people familiar with the matter. Kaplan, who previously served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush, has been one of the loudest voices within the Facebook parent against restrictions on political speech, arguing internally that such policies would disproportionately affect conservative voices, the authors note.

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