Tag: Web Summit
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Pandemic forces Europe’s largest tech event to go fully online
Web Summit, Europe’s biggest technology conference, will be held entirely online in December due to the coronavirus outbreak. The pandemic has forced the cancellation or postponement of many major events this year, the conference organiser said on Thursday. “Lisbon is still Web Summit’s home but with growing COVID-19 outbreaks across Europe, we have to think…
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Cambridge Analytica whistleblower calls for social media regulation
The whistleblower, who claimed data consultancy Cambridge Analytica played a role in obtaining data from Facebook users, on Tuesday called for government regulation of social media and online advertising. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Christopher Wylie, a former director of research at the now-defunct data consultancy firm, made the call at the Web Summit, Europe’s biggest tech…