For context, like other tech companies that contribute to US politicians, Microsoft had some massive headaches over the dissonance between its political donations and stated values. I, a shameless propagandist, collected some of the worst examples here https://idlewords.com/microsoft_words_actions.html …
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Microsoft has been especially loath to give up political giving because it is a finalist (with Amazon) for a $10B Pentagon cloud computing contract. But there has been recent intense employee pressure to de-fund the PAC given its track record of supporting open bigotry
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Full text of announcement to follow. I just gotta transcribe it with my dancing fingers
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Here is the full text of Microsoft's internal announcement today that it is suspending giving by the political action committee. Note that the employee information sessions the statement refers to are not open to H1-B holders or employees with DACA status. https://idlewords.com/microsoft_pac_statement.html …
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My plea today to people who work at Google is to consider this news, and then read this thread of Google's most recent political giving. Reach out to your colleagues at
@NoPrideForGoog! Today proves that we can get big tech companies to stop funding hatredhttps://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1152245502361997314 …
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The list of major tech companies that don't make PAC donations is now: Microsoft, Apple, IBM. Let's add to the list!
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Happy to see this! Thank you for your part, in highlighting various donations, And being a helpful resource / drum-beater, for this issue.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Awesome work.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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FYI,
@Pinboard is a fucking hero.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1153766247785553921 … -
He is - now we need to keep the pressure up across our industry. And make sure that the fall becomes “the fall of 2096”
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