Tech sector leads resistance to Trump travel ban


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 07 Feb 2017

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 06: Activists participate in a protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies in front of the Department of Homeland Security New York headquarters on February 6, 2017 in New York City. The event was sponsored by Amnesty International and called for a repeal of Trump's controversial Immigration order. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

WASHINGTON: A coalition led by some of the world’s biggest tech firms is taking on President Donald Trump’s travel ban, signalling the contentious relationship between the sector and the White House could be about to get worse. 

Scores of technology giants – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter – filed a joint legal brief arguing against the temporary ban on refugees and travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries. 

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