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There are now doubts as to whether the tech conference will take place as AWS joins Intel, Google, Meta, Stripe and Siemens in boycotting the event

Last week, Irish entrepreneur Paddy Cosgrave, co-founder of the Web Summit, wrote on social media platform X that he was "shocked at the rhetoric and actions of so many Western leaders & governments".

WASHINGTON: Meta and Google have pulled out of the Web Summit, one of the tech sector's biggest annual events, after the organiser criticised Israel's actions following the Hamas attacks, the companies said on Friday (Oct 20). A spokesman for Meta confirmed to AFP that it would not take part in this year's

Chief executive of tech conference has apologised for comments about the Israel-Hamas conflict

Paddy Cosgrave’s remarks on the Israel-Gaza conflict is not even one of his most offensive tweets, according to one tech journalist

Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference is facing boycotts after he publicly suggested Israel was committing war crimes. Company bosses have vowed never to hire members of a university's student groups that condemned Israel.

The boycott by Meta and Google follows other exits by companies and tech figures, including Intel, Siemens and US comedian Amy Poehler and X-files actor Gillian Anderson.

Several tech giants have pulled out of Web Summit following remarks from Irish CEO Paddy Cosgrave, who criticized Western support for Israel following the Hamas attacks two weeks ago. 

Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of Web Summit, is resigning from the tech company, the Sunday Independent understands.

Web Summit chief executive said his comments had become ‘a distraction from the event’ taking place in Lisbon next month