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Last week, the far-reaching impacts of the horrific conflict in Gaza reached our shores – and not in a way many would have predicted. Paddy Cosgrave, the outspoken Web Summit founder, was the man at the centre of a storm over comments he made about the situation, which prompted a wave of Big Tech companies to withdraw from his popular conference – and ultimately led to his resignation on Saturday.
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