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Facebook, Apple, Google, IBM, Uber and Microsoft Won't Help Build a Registry of Muslims

posted by cmn32480 on Monday December 19 2016, @06:43AM   
from the preventing-the-mistakes-of-the-past dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Two weeks ago, twitter was the only company willing to publicly commit to not aiding the government in building a database of muslims or any other religious minority. At the time, many criticized the Intercept for a click-baity, misleading headline.

But the public shaming had an effect and now more companies have come forward to vow non-cooperation in repeating one of America's biggest mistakes - when the census bureau provided the names of Japanese to be rounded up for internment camps.

One company notably missing from the list is Oracle which owns the big-data profiling company BlueKai and whose CEO recently joined the president elect's transition team. Also absent is IBM, a company with a history of aiding the German government with their execution of the Holocaust.

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• Re:already exists Re:already exists (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @08:20AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @08:20AM (#443009)

  That's just a flesh wound.

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• Re:already exists (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @06:12PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @06:12PM (#443238)

  You've got no legs!

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