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Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, met with EU commissioner Vera Jourova in January 2018 (Photo: European Commission)

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EU wanted to use Facebook's lobby power in US

The European Commission wanted Facebook's help in convincing the White House and US lawmakers to fulfil the requirements of the EU-US data pact Privacy Shield, internal documents show.

Last year, on 23 January 2018, EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova had a meeting with the US tech giant's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.

One of the topics was Privacy Shield, an EU-US agreement signed under former US president Barack Obama, aimed at providing a legal framework in which Eu...

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