It’s no secret that Meta has no love for free speech, The Speccy being just one victim of being de-platformed. Now Nick Clegg, Meta’s President of Global Affairs has let slip how much effort goes in to sanitising the platform. Speaking to CNBC on Friday, the former Deputy PM proudly asserted that a whopping 40,000 of their 67,000 total global workforce work on “safety and integrity on our platforms.” I.e. censorship…

Clegg went on to say that Meta has spent $20 billion on policing narratives, his goal of removing politics from the platform almost becoming as successful as his mission to remove it from his own life. You can hear the shock from the presenters as they realise 60% of Meta staff are used to deploy censorship. No “I’m Sorry” from Nick though…