LONDON - The former deputy PM, now a Facebook executive, hid behind a spokesperson when asked about anti-Muslim hate on the platform.
Facebook has a terrible record of being used as a platform to spread hatred, including antisemitism and other kinds of bigotry, so much so that if the social media platform was a British newspaper or magazine, it would have been closed down long ago.
In light of all this, Clegg was sent questions in his capacity as Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications. So far, he has not responded
I was pointed out to the former British Liberal Democrat leader that Facebook had allowed its platform to be used to foment sectarian violence and hatred against Muslims.
He was asked for his response to the evidence that generals used Facebook to incite the massacres of the Rohingya in Myanmar, and to the reports that false rumours spread via Facebook stoked violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka.