Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Bandcamp’s CEO pledges 100 percent of Friday’s profits to ACLU

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Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ has already a number of tech companies pledging support to immigrants and those who protect them.

Online music platform Bandcamp is the latest company to put its money where its mouth is, promising that 100 percent of sales made this Friday Feb. 3 will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union.

“Like 98 percent of U.S. citizens (including the President), I am the descendant of immigrants,” wrote Bandcamp’s CEO Ethan Diamond in a statement.

“Last week’s Executive Order barring immigrants and refugees from seven … countries from entering the United States is not simply immoral, it violates the very spirit and foundation of America.” Read more…

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