Thread by @Mr_Zakka

First, there was Phone diplomacy ☎️

Then came Twitter diplomacy, aka “Twiplomacy” 🐦

We may now enter Videocall diplomacy era, aka “Viplomacy” 💻

(yes, I made that up)

A 🧵 featuring @ThierryBreton, the #BigTech and #governance 👇

Who would’ve guessed #Google and #Apple could ever work on a *common* API?

A “good” consequence of the crisis (so to speak)🤷🏻‍♂️

And a move welcomed by @ThierryBreton, who highlighted the importance of privacy in a 🖥 call with Google’s CEO @sundarpichai

ft.com/content/f705b0…

Importance of #privacy shared as well with @Apple CEO Tim Cook during another video conference 🖥🍏

euractiv.com/section/data-p…

Sometimes we don’t address the 🐘 in the room.

Sometimes we do.

Such as when @ThierryBreton simply said to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a public videoconference:

“Pay taxes” 💸

techcrunch.com/2020/05/19/eur…

This spontaneous comment even became a kind of #motto on YouTube (expect a GIF at some point 🕶)

Well... here’s the Gif already 🤷🏻‍♂️ #PayTaxes

At the launch of the #DigitalServicesAct consultation, @ThierryBreton exchanged with Twitter CEO @jack Dorsey.

On the agenda: #governance and #responsibility of online platforms ⤵️

mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id…

Another good example is #TikTok joining today the 🇪🇺 Code on #disinformation, following notably a videocall between @ThierryBreton and CEO Kevin Mayer yesterday ⏰

cnbc.com/2020/06/10/tik…