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CEO of Web Summit Resigns over His Tweets about Israel

by CaffeinatedDev on 10/21/23, 7:34 PM with 4 comments

• by CaffeinatedDev on 10/21/23, 7:34 PM

  CEO resigns after tweeting "War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are", which is referring to Israel's response on the Hamas attacks of Oct 7th.

• by Simulacra on 10/21/23, 9:09 PM

  I wonder if occurrences such as this will lead to a CEO playbook of sorts that dictates companies and their CEOs stay out of the public discourse.

• by worik on 10/21/23, 7:48 PM

  Truth is no defense at times like this

  Might is right