Following Intercept Report, 22 Organizations Urge Tech Firms To Reject Muslim Registry
FOLLOWING INTERCEPT REPORT, 22 ORGANIZATIONS URGE TECH FIRMS TO REJECT MUSLIM REGISTRY
Sam Biddle
December 12 2016, 5:31 p.m.
OUT OF NINE U.S. technology firms contacted by The Intercept earlier this month, only one — Twitter — would rule out participating in the creation of a national Muslim registry, something Donald Trump has floated as a possibility. On Monday, 22 advocacy groups sent a letter to the other eight companies, urging them to take a stand.
The letter is signed jointly by a coalition including major progressive and human rights organizations: CREDO, Muslim Advocates, Color of Change, Courage Campaign, Democracy for America, #AllOfUs, Amnesty International, Asian Law Caucus, Bend the Arc Jewish Action, Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Media Justice, Daily Kos, Demand Progress, Desis Rising Up and Moving, Faithful America, Fight for the Future, Free Press, Mijente, MPower Change, Presente, Sum of Us, Ultraviolet. Below is is the version of the letter sent to Google. Copies are also being sent to Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Booz Allen Hamilton, SRA International, CGI, and Apple.
Sundar Pichai, CEO Google
1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View, CA 94043
December 12, 2016
Dear Mr. Pichai,
Google is a company that prides itself on championing diversity, fairness and inclusion. In the spirit of that commitment, we, the undersigned advocacy organizations, write to express grave concern regarding your failure to unequivocally respond to inquiries from The Intercept regarding participation in the creation of a registry for Muslim immigrants.
