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One of the most controversial comments made by president-elect Donald Trump while he was on the campaign trail, among a litany of other controversial comments, is his desire to create a registry for Muslims. This is a concept that has been absolutely lambasted by the Democratic Party and liberal Americans. In the event that the Trump administration asks for the tech industry’s help in implementing this so-called Muslim registry, members promised to refuse.
When Trump was asked during his campaign if he was thinking about creating a database on all Muslims currently residing in the U.S. once he becomes the president, the then Republican nominee answered that he would, the Los Angeles Times reports. Now that the real estate billionaire is about to take the seat of office, hundreds of tech industry members assured the public that they would absolutely refuse any request by the Trump administration for assistance on the matter.
Last Wednesday, over 640 people that comprise different fields and professions in the tech industry got together to create the “Never Again” pledge. It’s basically an agreement by personnel from companies like Google and Twitter to stand against the tyrannical proposition of creating a list on a group of people based on their religious beliefs as proposed by the incoming administration.
“We are choosing to stand in solidarity with Muslim Americans, immigrants, and all people whose lives and livelihoods are threatened by the incoming administration’s proposed data collection policies,” the pledge reads. “We refuse to build a database of people based on their Constitutionally-protected religious beliefs.”
Facebook also talked about the prospect of a Muslim registry, with a spokesperson telling CNN that they wouldn’t do it either. The spokesperson said that, thus far, they haven’t been asked to compile such a list. If such a request does occur, Facebook is prepared to say no. This is a rather interesting stance by a company that is notorious for building a database on its users to sell to advertisers.
