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Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon haven't joined the new anti-travel ban brief

39 pointsby cjCamelabout 8 years ago

3 comments

dogma1138about 8 years ago
Because it&#x27;s no longer beneficial for them to do so.<p>The main news cycle window is over, the shock effect has passed, news outlets don&#x27;t run stories 24&#x2F;7 about some poor millennial with an unfortunate skin complexion stuck at an airport.<p>Nothing to gain from a PR standpoint and everything to lose from a political one with the current administration.<p>Neither of these companies really makes decisions based on morality they do it based on calculated risks and benefits.<p>They need to administration to ease on h1b restrictions and don&#x27;t make it harder for them to store money offshore and use it as a credit line without officially repatriating it.<p>So standing up for one kind of brown people takes a back seat so they can import another kind.<p>Note: if you have problem with the language of this comment google ad absurdum.
kingbirdyabout 8 years ago
Could it not just be that it&#x27;s redundant for them to sign on the second brief? Opposing the first ban is obviously opposing the second. I don&#x27;t think it needs to be some conspiracy about corporate politics and PR.
libeclipseabout 8 years ago
Strange. Is political pressure out of the question?