Meta, the social-media giant run by Mark Zuckerberg, has promoted Joel Kaplan, the company’s most prominent Republican, to lead its global policy team.

Kaplan, deputy White House chief of staff under George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg as president of the team, Semafor reported Thursday. Kaplan has been one of the most ardent advocates at Meta against restrictions on political speech, fearing such policies would disproportionately mute conservative voices.

Clegg was deputy prime minister of Great Britain from 2010 to 2015 and a former leader of the country’s Liberal Democrats party. He joined Meta in 2018 to lead its policy and lobbying efforts and was named the policy team’s president in 2022.

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