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EU Confidential

Episode 83: Facebook's Nick Clegg

EU Confidential

POLITICO

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.4175 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Facebook's new global head of public affairs gives his first public interview since starting the job to Ryan Heath. Clegg addresses a growing number of Facebook controversies and outlines the company's plan to win back trust and contribute to democracy. The podcast panel debates Facebook's efforts, the latest developments in the Macedonia name dispute, and Margot Wallström's admission that she can't forgive the British government for Brexit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello everyone. Welcome back to EU Confidential. I'm your host, Ryan Heath, the political editor at Politico Europe, and you're listening to the number one EU politics podcast.

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This week's episode features Nick Clegg, Facebook's new global affairs and PR chief. He sat down with me Monday for his first public interview since taking over the job.

1:29.7

We taped the interview in front of a live audience of about 200 people in Brussels Bibliotech Solvay.

1:35.6

The context was Clegg announcing a string of measures to boost transparency in political and issues-based advertising on the platform and an oversight board for content.

1:44.6

Along with Facebook's C.O. Cheryl Sandberg, Clegg has been on a European tour over the past two weeks

1:49.8

trying to sell the message that Facebook is changing for the better on elections, privacy and other issues.

1:55.9

Have a listen and then also stick around for the podcast panel who rate Facebook's efforts,

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