Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg, Meta’s former President of Global Affairs, offers an insider’s perspective on the workings of Big Tech and his consultations with world leaders.

Nick Clegg has established an influential career at the intersection of politics and technology. In this event, he provides insights into the opportunities and challenges of the digital age, how he feels allegations against it are overblown and the implications for the future of democracy.

Throughout his time in politics and the private sector Clegg has been a key player in the battle between governments and Big Tech. He will talk about the accusation that social media algorithms polarise, manipulate and harm adults and children and will draw from his new book to offer an alternative future for the internet that seeks to regulate Big Tech without demonising or overstating the problems these giant companies are accused of causing.

Nick will be in conversation with Gaby Hinsliff, columnist and feature writer at The Guardian.

‘A gripping and timely book. Nick Clegg writes with clarity, authority and urgency about how we have arrived at a digital crossroads – and about what is at stake with the choices that do not lie ahead but need to be made now.’