Intel, Siemens and actor Gillian Anderson previously said they were withdrawingGoogle and Facebook-owner Meta have become the latest tech giants to withdraw from this year's Web Summit, following comments made by chief executive Paddy Cosgrave on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Google was one of the event's sponsors, while Nick Clegg, Facebook's president of global affairs, was due to speak at the Lisbon event.
The departures were preceded by Intel and Siemens, who said on Thursday that they would no longer participate in the November gathering.
“We will no longer have a presence at Web Summit” Google said in a statement on Friday.
In a post a week ago on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mr Cosgrave said he was “shocked at the rhetoric and actions of so many western leaders & governments, with the exception in particular of Ireland's Government, who for once are doing the right thing. War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are.”...
Amazon is latest tech giant to pull out of Web Summit over Cosgrave comments
What is Web Summit?
That is all the research I am doing on this.
Some article I found about PR re:Israel/Palestine while trying to find a complete list of companies/figures who have pulled out
https://fortune.com/2023/10/19/web-summit-paddy-cosgrave-fallout-israel-hamas-comments-case-study
Pretty interesting article but here is a funny if you don't feel like reading it
Starbucks, which is among the companies on Sonnenfeld's list, has found itself embroiled in a dispute with the Workers United union after a union account tweeted “Solidarity with Palestine!” on Oct. 9. Starbucks sued the Workers United for trademark infringement for using its green logo in the tweet. Workers United, which said workers tweeted the message without union authorization, countersued Starbucks for defamation.
Approximate list of companies who have pulled out
Google, Meta, Amazon, Siemens, Intel, Stripe, Orange Site
Apparently the Summit is funded by Qatar
https://x.com/garrytan/status/1713937044798603313
Some orange site discussion, seems like no one is really talking about it
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
Not incel and semen!
Jump in the discussion.
No email address required.
More options
Context