At Microsoft-owned GitHub, the parent company’s concession only served to reinvigorate internal opposition to a controversial contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Friedman said GitHub stands firmly with the Black Lives Matter movement and added that the company would look to support law enforcement reform, according to a transcript of the meeting reviewed by The Times.
As Friedman spoke, scores of employees expressed frustration and outrage in a company Slack channel with more than 1,200 people, according to screenshots reviewed by The Times.
Keith Ballinger, GitHub’s vice president of engineering, posted a message of support for Friedman’s argument, saying his wife does pro bono work on behalf of asylum seekers and other immigrants.
Check the facts - ICEgov has a sensitive locations policy (Google it). Please stop the disinformation and clearly biased terminology in your reporting. The more basic reader takes what you put in print at face value, even when it is loaded with one-sided nonsense.
BLM IS A POLITICAL TOOL OF DEMOCRATS !
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