Web Summit speaker hit out at Big Tech 'surveillance business model'

Katherine Maher, chief executive officer of Web Summit, has said she is confident Big Tech firms will return to the event.  Photo: Zed Jameson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The influence of Big Tech firms such as Meta and X has been criticised by high-profile speakers at the Web Summit event in Lisbon.

Signal Foundation president, Meredith Whittaker, specifically hit out at Facebook owner Meta's "surveillance business model".