Web Summit to discuss 'how to run democracy in digital age' As Europe’s largest tech event, the Web Summit, gets underway in Lisbon amid a backlash over internet firms' role in spreading "fake news" and how they use consumer data, its founder says some of the focus will be on "the great promise of technology but also the downfalls", and on the question of "how to run a democracy in a new digital age". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES