Nick Clegg’s ‘How to Save the Internet’ Sparks Debate Over Substance

Quick Summary

• Nick Clegg’s book How to Save the Internet discusses challenges posed by Big Tech and proposes solutions to improve the global digital ecosystem.
• Clegg, a former UK Deputy Prime Minister and Facebook (Meta) executive, witnessed key decisions such as banning Donald Trump from meta’s platforms in 2021 after the Capitol riots.
• The book critiques social media’s dual role in connecting people while also enabling harmful interactions and touches on subjects like AI’s impact on inequality and geopolitics.
• reviewers criticize the book for being uninspiring,overly reliant on external sources like research excerpts,journalistic work,and rhetorical questions without meaningful analysis or actionable insights.
• Clegg briefly narrates Meta’s process behind major actions but avoids delving deep into specifics or offering firm conclusions.

!Nick Clegg at Web summit
Nick Clegg addressing a tech summit in Portugal in 2021.

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