LISBON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. army analyst and WikiLeaks source, said on Tuesday that technology tools can be more efficient in protecting people's privacy and information than legal or regulatory mechanisms that risk being tampered with. "I believe very strongly that there are technical means of protecting information and those are more reliable," Manning told Reuters in an interview during Europe's largest technology conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon, Portugal. Manning currently works as a security consultant at Nym Technologies, a network that aims to prevent governments and companies from tracking people's online activities. 'SIDESTEPPING ETHICS'Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big topic at this year's Web Summit, which draws tens of thousands of participants and high-level speakers from global tech companies, as well as politicians. Reporting by Catarina Demony; Additional reporting by Supantha Mukherjee; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Chelsea Manning, Manning, Barack Obama, Catarina Demony, Supantha Mukherjee, Aurora Ellis Organizations: WikiLeaks, Reuters, Web, Nym Technologies, Thomson Locations: LISBON, U.S, Lisbon, Portugal, Iraq