How to Save the Internet
The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political Conflict
$29.75
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
Nick Clegg, formerly one of Meta’s most senior executives, presents a blueprint for reforming Big Tech while preserving the essential openness of 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 ris…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847928603 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847928609 |
| Author: | Nick Clegg |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Bodley Head Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 394g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 153mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Entertaining … lucid, detailed … there is much to agree with * Spectator *
Warns of the dangers posed to a free and open global internet by an age of autocrats and a titanic power struggle over AI * Guardian *
Studded throughout [with] good analyses of the political situation around technology * Observer *
A gripping and timely book. Nick Clegg writes with clarity, authority and urgency – Peter Frankopan
A wake-up call we cannot afford to ignore – Tony Blair
A vital read – Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn
About The Author
Nick Clegg
Nick Clegg recently stepped down as President, Global Affairs at Meta, where he served as the company’s chief policy decision-maker and principal interlocutor with world leaders, governments, and policymakers globally. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister of the UK.
At Meta, he guided the company toward engagement with regulation, established an independent Oversight Board, and fostered rigorous academic research. He managed some of the company’s most complex issues, including content policy and elections. Key decisions he oversaw involved the suspension (and subsequent 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.
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