Meredith Whittaker is one of the most important figures in the world of privacy. As president of Signal, the encrypted messaging app, she has been a leading voice in fierce debates over the UK’s Online Safety Bill and the privacy downsides of AI.
New boss Katherine Maher addressed the elephant in the room on opening night, but it did little to dispel chatter about Cosgrave throughout the tech conference in Lisbon
The CEO of Web Summit, Katherine Maher, says that the company sent out “quasi-legal” letters to Irish media organisations because of “misogynistic” implications that a personal relationship with Paddy Cosgrave was involved in her securing the company’s CEO role.