Facebook’s Clegg says Biden, allies must unite against China

Nick Clegg, Facebook Inc.’s vice president of global affairs, called on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to unite the internet’s “regulatory planets” of India and the European Union against the influence of China.

“From Joe Biden’s point of view, there really is a fundamental sort of question, which is: What can he do to emphasize American leadership, to reinforce and buttress the open internet?” Clegg said in an interview at the virtual Web Summit tech conference on Thursday. “America will be best placed to exert its own influence in this space by doing so hand-in-glove, particularly, with the European Union and India.”