How to save the internet

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Contributor(s): Sir Nick Clegg | Join us for this special event where former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will talk about his new book, How to Save the Internet. The global, open internet is fragmenting. As democracies seek to rein in the power of big tech, as Silicon Valley pivots to an America-first agenda, as authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia segregate their populations from the rest of the internet, the most powerful tool ever created for bringing the world together risks being dismantled. Taking us behind the scenes at Meta and his interactions with world leaders, Nick Clegg, Meta’s former President, Global Affairs, sets out where big tech has gone wrong. But he also makes the case that many of the charges against them – including that their algorithms polarise, manipulate and harm – are vastly overstated or simply untrue. The book sets out a blueprint for the global cooperation we need in order to reform Big Tech while preserving the fundamental openness of the internet on which our future so depends.