Who is Joel Kaplan, Trump's latest ally in Big Tech?

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Who is Joel Kaplan, Trump's latest ally in Big Tech?

Nick Clegg is to make way for Meta’s top Republican ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Who is he – and why does it matter?

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Who Is Joel Kaplan? Meta's New Policy Chief Already Shaking Up Washington

Meta's decision to disband its fact-checking program, a cornerstone of its efforts to combat misinformation, has highlighted the growing influence of Republican Joel Kaplan, the company's new global policy chief. The company's move on fact-checking, announced Tuesday, was presented by Kaplan as a…

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Joel Kaplan, Meta’s new global affairs director, played a prominent role in Tuesday’s content moderation announcement. In an exclusive interview on “Fox and Friends,” Kaplan said that the company’s previous data verification system became too biased and that the company wanted to return to its freer expression roots. He pointed out as a good model Elon Musk’s X, which has few rules and allows users to moderate each other. “This is a great opport…

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Who Is Joel Kaplan, Meta’s New Global Policy Chief?

Joel Kaplan, Meta’s new chief global affairs officer, played a leading role in Tuesday’s content moderation announcement. In an exclusive interview on “Fox and Friends,” Mr. Kaplan said the company’s previous fact-checking system became too biased and the company wanted to return to its roots of more unfettered speech. He pointed to Elon Musk’s X, which has few rules and allows users to moderate each other, as a good model. “This is a great oppo…

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Meta's Joel Kaplan says the Trump administration is “a huge supporter of free expression”, which “gets us back to the values that Mark founded the company on”

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Meta, owner among others of the social network Facebook, has given the head of his global policy area to a former adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush. This is Joel Kaplan (Massachusetts, USA, 1969), who succeeds former British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Kaplan so far held the position of vice president in the global policy division of the technological giant, in which he will be replaced by former president of the Federal Comm…