The former Liberal Democrat leader will head Facebook's global affairs and communications team.

Makani is supported by Google X – an R&D facility founded by the tech giant to pursue 'moonshot' ideas

My father, Tony Turvey, who has died aged 76, was a textile technologist and for many years managed mills for the textiles company Courtaulds. In the late 1970s he set up his own business in textile wallcoverings, developing the “woolly wall”, a wallpaper with vertical pieces of twisted fleece stuck to it so that no paper showed. This was frequently spotted on TV backdrops for shows such as Parkinson and the Nine O’Clock News, as well as in swanky hotels. He designed and made the huge, complex machine for its production. Later he created a vandal-proof glass, using a resin he had developed, which he sold to many councils and companies for use in bus shelters.

Sir Nick Clegg talks about how he got his new Facebook job and what he will be doing for the social media giant.

British politician has previously defended the social media giant

Former UK deputy prime minister to move to Silicon Valley in January Facebook has hired Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister, as its head of global affairs and communications. Clegg, 51, has been hired as Facebook struggles to cope with mounting political pressure over issues including fake news, data protection and the threat of government regulation.

Many sites have been charging high rates since 2010 but Google has finally taken some of the ads down.

35 million records from 19 states appear on popular hacking forum, raising fears of mass electoral disruption