Mark MacGann, the lobbyist behind the release of documents that revealed controversial Uber practices, is one of the speakers at this year’s Web Summit, taking place November 1-4 in Lisbon.
In a statement released this Tuesday, the technology fair explains that Mark MacGann will be, on the main stage, speaking with Paul Lewis, chief investigative journalist for The Guardian, the newspaper that received the more than 124,000 files showing that the directors of Uber have tried to influence politicians around the world to curry favor, negotiated investment contracts with Russian oligarchs, who are now sanctioned, and took advantage of the violence against the drivers of the platform to use it for their benefit.
The Web Summit mentions that this will be the Mark MacGann’s first live “interview” since he shared the “Uber Files” in July of this year. The lobbyist worked for Uber from 2014 to 2016 with the task of conquering countries and governments in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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“We are delighted to announce that Mark [MacGann] as a speaker at this year’s edition of the Web Summit, in Lisbon. We have seen how important the role of the whistleblower is and we can’t wait to hear from you,” said Paddy Cosgrave, CEO and co-founder of the technology fair, quoted in the statement.
This year’s edition of the Web Summit will not be the first to receive a company whistleblower. In 2021, Frances Haugen, who exposed thousands of internal Facebook documents, was in Lisbon. Two years earlier it was the turn of Edward Snowden, a whistleblower who released tens of thousands of documents to the media about the scope of NSA activities. [Agência de Segurança Nacional] and electronic surveillance exercised by Washington, to speak at the technology summit.
In Lisbon, between November 1 and 4, names like Nas Jones (musician), Nathan Blecharczyk (co-founder of Airbnb), Martijn Hagman (CEO of Tommy Hilfiger) or Lottie Moss (model, sister of Kate Moss) are also expected. . . In total, the Web Summit is expected to have more than 1,200 speakers, more than 2,000 startups and even more than 1,000 investors.
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Source: Observadora
