How to Save the Internet

How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg offers a compelling blueprint for reforming Big Tech while preserving the essential openness of the internet.

The global, open internet is fragmenting.

As democracies strive to rein in the influence of Big Tech and Silicon Valley leans towards an America-first agenda, authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia continue to segregate their populations from the rest of the internet. Consequently, the most powerful tool ever created for global connectivity risks being dismantled.

Through candid discussions behind the scenes at Meta and interactions with world leaders, Nick Clegg, Meta's former President of Global Affairs, highlights where Big Tech has faltered. He delves into how Silicon Valley's narrow focus has blinded it to its missteps and the radical reforms of global platforms that are essential for securing a sustainable future.

Clegg also argues that many allegations against Big Tech—such as claims that their algorithms polarise, manipulate, and harm—are often exaggerated or unfounded. While new laws to regulate these corporations are crucial, imposing national borders on the internet is not the solution. Such actions would significantly undermine its role in knowledge-sharing, collaboration, education, trade, medical and scientific research, and ultimately improving and empowering billions of lives worldwide.

Radical, reasonable, deeply felt and disarmingly honest, How to Save the Internet outlines the necessary blueprint for global cooperation to reform Big Tech while maintaining the internet's fundamental openness, which is vital for our collective future.