#google joins growing list of #tech companies refusing to build Muslim registry
December 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Google has broken its silence on whether it would participate in helping build a Muslim registry for the incoming Trump administration, BuzzFeed reports. In a statement issued today, a company spokesperson says, “In relation to the hypothetical of whether we would ever help build a ‘muslim registry’ — we haven’t been asked, of course we wouldn’t do this and we are glad — from all that we’ve read — that the proposal doesn’t seem to be on the table.”
Google is just the latest, but arguably one of the most important, Silicon Valley players to go on record refusing to build a database that could be used to track and target Muslim Americans. Pressure started mounting last…
