300 employees threaten to leave Microsoft over ICE contract.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/videos/300-microsoft-employees-threaten-to-leave-company-over-ice-contract/vi-AAz1JGj Well done, folks!
Microsoft showing some class! Awesome! 👍😊
The power of media is astounding.
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Huh?
That's some messed up RESPECT
Goodbye and good riddance. I agree that these actions by the administration are deplorable, but government agencies are not going to be swayed by this. What, you think that Google won't take this contract? Amazon? Should tire companies stop selling tires to the government? What about toilet paper? If a company is building evil tech for the government, that's one thing. But in this case, it's basically toilet paper. The toilet paper is not evil.
Actually, Google employees are already quitting in response to a Pentagon contract http://fortune.com/2018/05/14/report-google-employees-resign-pentagon-contract/ and Amazon employees are all demanding ICE contracts end https://www.zdnet.com/article/now-amazon-employees-rebel-end-police-facial-recognition-contracts-ice-support/. There has to be a code of ethics for how AI is used for and by what entity. When's the last time you put your neck on the line giving voice to the voiceless? It's brave regardless of what you think.
Google decided to not renew Maven after the internal protests.
Personally, I don't think Microsoft deserves to be blamed but these employees deserve to be praised.
Breaking: Nike employees also plan walk out due to ICE agents wearing Nike sneakers
Every single protest, no matter how distant, is important. Imagine if in the 1940s Gestapo officers couldn’t get a drink in a bar, or a haircut. If Stasi operatives couldn’t get good groceries or a plumber. Society CAN act if things aren’t OK.
Imagine if the media stopped gaslighting. 22% of ICE is Hispanic. You are mentally ill if you think they're comparable to nazis.
Sadly I believe our leadership is so scared of liberal media hate that we'll do anything to be lauded over positively by the left.
The leadership who approved this contract? Are they offering to quit?
We've had contracts with federal agencies including ICE long before this liberal drama came about.
It’s not just Microsoft. Many tech companies have contracts with border security, ICE, homeland security. But these employees can show the way to put pressure on these inhuman policies.
Microsoft should use this as opportunity to shed some weight and let them go without severance, per their request. MS is bloated as hell.
dumb, hope they quit.