GOOGLE CEO ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO MEET WITH TRUMP

FRANCISCO» Google CEO SunSAN dar Pichai went to Washington Friday to discuss concerns about the company’s business practices with members of Congress and emerged with an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump during an upcoming roundtable.

Larry Kudlow, the head of the National Economic Council, extended the invitation while meeting with Pichai, and the offer was accepted, according to the White House.

Other “internet stakeholders” will be invited to the roundtable with Trump, the White House said, with other details, including the date, to come.

Trump recently accused Google of rigging the results of its influential search engine to suppress conservative viewpoints and highlight coverage from media that he says distribute “fake news.” Google has denied any political bias.

The White House said Kudlow discussed the internet and the economy with Pichai on Friday and described the talks as “positive and productive.”

Pichai made the rounds in Washington just a few weeks after he and his boss, Google cofounder Larry Page, irked lawmakers by skipping a public hearing.

There was plenty to talk about, based on recent remarks by lawmakers and Trump.

That includes recent reports that Google is poised to reenter China with a search engine generating censored results to comply with the demands of that country’s Communist government.

Also included would be potential new regulations that would define how much personal information that internet companies can collect about people using their services.