After a free speech controversy, CEO Paddy Cosgrave claims Web Summit "pushes the frontiers of conversation"

The IT elite is back to Lisbon for Europe's largest technology event, which kicks off on Tuesday evening.

Around 70,000 people are scheduled to attend Web Summit, a four-day event that will include over 2,600 start-ups and high-level speakers.

The key talking themes across...

POLAND: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES SOCIAL MEDIA FREE SPEECH LAW IN THE COUNTRY

Highlights:

• The government of Poland has proposed a new law for stopping the social media platforms from deleting the content or banning the accounts of the users who do not break the laws
• The proposed law will be seeing the social networks to be fine...

HONG KONG LEGISLATION MAY NOT ALLOW FREE SPEECH IN CHAMBERS, SAYS LEGCO PRESIDENT

HIGHLIGHTS

• The head of Hong Kong's Legislative Council has said the individuals may not have freedom of speech in the chambers speaking of independence particularly

Andrew Leung was asked whether administrators may abuse the Beijing-forced ...