How to Save the Internet

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 – Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsAs generative AI reshapes everything from communication to geopolitics, we face a pivotal question: will open, democratic values shape the future – or will fragmentation and authoritarian models win? Nick Clegg makes a compelling case for global cooperation, responsible governance and shared infrastructure to ensure AI remains a force for freedom – Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and founding investor in OpenAIThe global internet – once a force for openness – is at risk of fracturing under the weight of the contest between open versus closed perspectives on the world. As Nick Clegg powerfully sets out, the technology revolution is the defining political challenge of our time and, as AI becomes more powerful, it is the leadership and values of democratic nations that must set the course – Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United KingdomNick Clegg issues a dire warning to democracies to resist the temptation to turn the internet into a ‘splinter net’ … Clegg’s call for ‘radical transparency’ from Big Tech is all the more urgent as artificial intelligence threatens to upend and transform the world order – Nate Persily, Professor of Law, Stanford Law SchoolHow to Save the Internet goes behind the scenes at Meta and provides insight into how Silicon Valley’s insularity has blinded it to its missteps * Guardian *

Nick Clegg recently stepped down as President, Global Affairs at Meta, the company’s chief policy decision-maker and its principal interlocutor with world leaders, governments and policymakers around the globe. Previously he was Deputy Prime Minister of the UK. At Meta, he shifted the company toward engagement with regulation, created an independent Oversight Board and opened it up to rigorous academic research. He managed some of the most complex issues the company faces, including content policy and elections, and took key decisions on the suspension (and later reinstatement) of President Trump, the handling of misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the company’s response to Russian state media and covert operations following the invasion of Ukraine. He is the author of two bestselling books and speaks five languages.