Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
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Microsoft Employees Protest Work with ICE
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#2Sounds like 100 people asking to be fired.
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#3Doesnt ICE answer to the President and the laws written by Congress? Is hurting ICE meant to influence the decision making of the Trump admin, and if so, how effective might this move ultimately be?
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#4>Microsoft has been positioning itself as tech’s moral leader. Mr. Nadella and Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, have publicly said they want to protect user privacy
Hard to take this seriously given what Windows 10 and other new microsoft products subject users to.
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#5If only legal immigration reform had this much political attention...
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#6Doesnt ICE answer to the President and the laws written by Congress? Is hurting ICE meant to influence the decision making of the Trump admin, and if so, how effective might this move ultimately be?
Many people hold the position that if you believe something is immoral you shouldn't assist it. Effectiveness of the protests be damned you're at least not part of the problem.
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#7Doesnt ICE answer to the President and the laws written by Congress? Is hurting ICE meant to influence the decision making of the Trump admin, and if so, how effective might this move ultimately be?
Its not about hurting ICE, its about being decent human beings. ICE will be ICE regardless, but Microsoft doesn't have to be complicit, and its employees don't want to be either.
That said, if ICE can't find a single company to buy services from, it will reverberate up the food chain
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#8After the Google AI pull out and now this it’s starting to inch pretty close to the inmates running the asylum.
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#9Doesnt ICE answer to the President and the laws written by Congress? Is hurting ICE meant to influence the decision making of the Trump admin, and if so, how effective might this move ultimately be?
People have a right to refuse service as long as there is no discrimination against protected categories I think. Also, given this is a response to current events, it's worth noting this is wholly the admin's policy, it's not something instigated by congress.
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#10>... [We] recognize the grave responsibility that those creating powerful technology have to ensure what they build is used for good, and not for harm.
I don't read hear or read this sentiment nearly as often as I would like.
Good on these folks for stepping up.