Monday, 29 May 2017

Apple, Facebook, and Google CEOs unite in opposition to Texas discrimination

Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and the CEOs of 12 other tech companies have called on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to not pass “discriminatory legislation,” as state lawmakers continue to debate a so-called “bathroom bill” that would affect transgender students.

In a letter to Abbot dated May 27th, the executives said the “passage of any discriminatory legislation” in Texas would be “bad for our employees and bad for business.” The letter, as first reported by The Dallas Morning News, was also signed by Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft President Brad Smith, and Jeff Wilke, CEO of Worldwide Consumer at Amazon, among others.

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/29/15708558/texas-bathroom-bill-apple-google-facebook-letter

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/apple-facebook-and-google-ceos-unite-in.html

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