Dec 8 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's

transition team has invited five major tech companies, including

Google, Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Meta Platforms ( META )

to a meeting in mid-December about dealing with online drug

sales, The Information reported on Sunday.

A representative for Jim Carroll, the drug czar during

Trump's first term, and Trump's transition team emailed staffers

from the three tech giants on Thursday, as well as those from

Snap and TikTok, to invite them to a call, the report

added, citing a person with direct knowledge of the

correspondence