Online child protection likely to find favour at digital G7

As well as a joint statement, participants are working on shared language for annexes covering child protection, AI security and governance and diffusing AI through economies – especially to small and medium firms. — Photo by Nils Huenerfuerst on Unsplash

PARIS: Ministers gathering for a digital G7 meeting in Paris Friday will likely find common ground on online child protection, but host France expects division over the environmental impact of computing.

Transatlantic ties remain strained over tech policy and other issues ahead of the G7 heads of state meeting in Evian, eastern France on June 15-17, making the ministers' job of preparing the terrain all the trickier.