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The Latest Breaking News from Global Affairs

Changes at Meta Platforms could cause drastic social media shift

The Facebook parent just made an important executive decision

The Street

Who is Joel Kaplan, Meta's new President of Global Affairs and Trump's latest ally in Big Tech?

Nick Clegg is to make way for Meta’s top Republican ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Who is he – and why does it matter?

Evening Standard

Meta's powerful policy boss Nick Clegg is out as Zuckerberg prepares for Trump 2.0

The former U.K. deputy prime minister, who joined Meta in 2018, will be replaced by longtime Republican operative Joel Kaplan, whom he described as "the right person for the right job at the right time."

Fortune

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Sir Nick Clegg to step down as Meta global affairs president

Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg said his time with Facebook’s parent company had been the ‘adventure of a lifetime’.

Evening Standard

Meta's foray in public services suggests Big Tech is about to get bigger

Nick Clegg told the Standard about Meta's large language model, Llama, and how they're supporting innovations designed to boost the public sector

Evening Standard

Canada intelligence operation put diplomats in legal ‘grey zone’ – report

Program – under scrutiny after imprisonment of Canadians in China – said to lack safeguards to protect officers overseas

The Guardian - US

Canada issues travel advisory warning over U.S. states' LGBTQ+ laws

The country's Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising Canadian travelers to check the local laws for their destination before traveling.

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Canada issues US travel advisory warning LGBTQ+ community about laws thay may affect them

Canada has updated its travel advisory to the U.S., warning members of the LGBTQ+ community that some American states have enacted laws that may affect them

The Independent UK

A.I. is ‘quite stupid,' top exec at Facebook parent company Meta insists

"They literally try and guess the next word in response to a prompt that you give them," Meta's president of global affairs said. "They have no innate autonomous intelligence at all.”

Fortune

5 Things You Might Not Know About Nick Clegg, President Of Global Affairs For Meta Platforms

A seasoned British politician is the head of global affairs for one of the largest social networking companies in the world.

Benzinga

Canada withdraws 'non-essential' personnel from embassy in Ukraine

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says "non-essential" Canadian employees and their dependents from the embassy in Ukraine will be temporarily withdrawn amid concerns over a buildup of Russian troops along the country's borders.

The Canadian Press

Canada flags unexplained illnesses for overseas staff to meet 'duty of care'

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign ministry has advised staff serving around the world to watch for mysterious illness symptoms following unexplained health incidents among diplomats in Cuba and U.S. personnel in various countries.

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