Ukraine's first lady tells Web Summit: 'You can use technology to help, not destroy'

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska speaking during the first day of the 2022 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Picture: Pedro Fiúza/NurPhoto/Getty

The first lady of Ukraine has told the Web Summit conference that while social media brings people together, thousands of Ukrainians will never get to update their accounts ever again.

Olena Zelenska, the wife of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addressed 14,000 people at the technology event at Lisbon’s Altice Arena.