Meta and Google have pulled out of the Web Summit, one of the tech sector's biggest annual events, after the organizer criticized Israel's actions following the Hamas attacks, the companies said on Friday.
This photograph taken on May 22, 2022 shows the logo of US multinational technology conglomerate Meta displayed on a booth ahead of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.WASHINGTON, United States — "We will no longer have a presence at Web Summit," a Google spokesperson said.
Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials. 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.
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