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Google, Facebook executives meet with UK government over no-deal Brexit: Telegraph

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is seen during the WAIC (World Artificial Intelligence Conference) in Shanghai, China, September 17, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

(Reuters) - The UK chiefs of Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O>, Facebook <FB.O> and Alphabet Inc's <GOOGL.O> Google met with British government ministers in London on Wednesday to seek assurances over the impact of a no-deal Brexit on jobs and investment, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday.

The executives used the meeting to express concern over the potential impact on staff visas, rules on data sharing and UK research and education, the report said.

It said the meeting was attended by Culture Minister Jeremy Wright, Digital Minister Margot James, and Rona Fairhead from the Department for International Trade.

The entrance sign to Facebook headquarters is seen in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

Ronan Harris, Google's UK head is said to have asked ministers about the potential impact of Brexit laws around the transfer of data.

Facebook, Google and Microsoft did not immediately respond to requests for comment when contacted by Reuters.

(Reporting by Philip George in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Brown)

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