European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath. Many big global tech firms sought meetings with him after he took office. Photograph: Shutterstock Ireland’s EU commissioner Michael McGrath sidestepped requests to meet senior executives from Meta, including the Facebook owner’s then head of global affairs Nick Clegg, during the first few weeks in his new role, documents show. Google, TikTok, Meta and Amazon all sought to meet Mr McGrath, to lobby the former Fianna Fáil minister after he started work in the European Union’s powerful executive. As EU commissioner for justice and democracy, Mr...