Obama to companies: Engage govts to avoid the Facebook fate


Former U.S. President Barack Obama, attends the Nordic Business Forum business seminar in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday Sept. 27, 2018. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

HELSINKI: Former US President Barack Obama urged private businesses on Sept 27 to come out of “isolation” and to engage more with governments when developing new products and services to avoid problems like those challenging Facebook. 

Obama told business leaders attending the Nordic Business Forum in Finland’s capital that “you cannot separate the business environment from the political and social environment”. 

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