Exclusive: After a two-year battle to get hold of them, notes from of a secret meeting between Mark Zuckerberg and Matt Hancock reveal a UK government in thrall to Facebook and seemingly cowed by their threats:
I was at VivaTech when Hancock and Zuckerberg had their secret meeting. Hancock had another meeting that day with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. It was in the VIP green room. What neither of them realised was I was sitting at the other end of the table pretending not to listen...
— James Temperton (@jtemperton) December 8, 2020
\U0001f6a8NEW\U0001f6a8: @TBIJ "Revealed: Mark Zuckerberg threatened to pull UK investment in secret meeting with Matt Hancock"@DamianCollins MP and RFOB Board Member had the chance to question @MattHancock in Parliament today. pic.twitter.com/SrzVG824Fx
— The Real Facebook Oversight Board (@FBoversight) December 8, 2020