ETtech Interview | India on its way to becoming a ‘digital superpower’: Meta’s Nick Clegg

The government is seeking to carve out regulations specifically for India and not taking off-the-shelf versions from elsewhere, said Nick Clegg, president, global policy affairs, Meta Inc. There is also greater awareness that India plays a unique role in the digital ecosystem and the country is on the way to becoming a “digital superpower,” Clegg told ET’s Aashish Aryan and Surabhi Agarwal in an interview. Clegg, the former deputy prime minister of the UK who is on a week-long visit to India, also said regulators were now open to having a mature dialogue with big social media platforms. Edited Excerpts: