Nick Clegg ‘can’t say’ whether Facebook’s algorithm helped inspire US Capitol riot

Nick Clegg refused to give a straight answer when asked whether the Facebook algorithm helped inspire the 6 January Capitol riot.

The social media platform's vice-president for global affairs - and former UK deputy prime minister - was asked by CNN host Dana Bash if the company’s algorithms “amplified pro-insurrection voices ahead of 6 January?”

"I can’t give you a yes or no answer to the individual, personalised feeds that each person uses,” Mr Clegg replied.

“Each person’s news feed is individual to them.”

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