Google, Meta Pull Out of Web Summit After Israel Controversy (3)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc. have joined a growing list of companies and investors bowing out of the Web Summit technology conference after comments the event’s leader made about Israel earlier this week.

Google and Meta spokespeople confirmed on Friday that the companies would not be participating in the conference, scheduled for November in Lisbon. Google was previously listed as an event partner of the conference. Intel Corp. and Siemens AG announced a similar decision on Thursday after a raft of venture capitalists in Israel, the US and Europe pulled out of the event.

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