“As a new year begins, I have come to the view that this is the right time for me to move on from my role as President, Global Affairs at Meta,” said Clegg in his tweet. “My time at the company coincided with a significant resetting of the relationship between ‘big tech’ and the societal pressures manifested in new laws, institutions and norms affecting the sector.”
Much of the technology world is trying to join Trump’s good graces ahead of his second term. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $1 million to the president-elect’s inaugural fund in December and personally dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in November. Other tech executives, such as Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, have also reportedly dined with Trump at Mar-a-Lago following his second election win.