Mr Macron welcomed Mr Zuckerberg and the leaders of dozens of other tech companies, including Microsoft, Uber and IBM, at a Tech for Good conference meant to address how they could use their global influence for the public good. Mr Macron, ahead of their meeting at the Elysee Palace, said he planned to keep asking Mr Zuckerberg to make “commitments”. France’s youngest president, Mr Macron has championed start-ups and aggressively wooed technology investors. And Mr Macron has defended an aggressive new European data protection law that comes into effect this week. Mr Macron, Mr Zuckerberg and others are expected to attend the Vivatech gadget show in Paris on Thursday.

Source: Irish Independent May 23, 2018 16:52 UTC