Silicon Valley against the block of Trump – Point Computer

a chorus of almost unanimous that it rises up from California and from other locations of the large ICT companies. All criticize the decision of the president-elect

Milan Is an outcry compact, though late, that arrived from the big names of Silicon Valley against the executive order of Donald Trump, which blocks the entry on the soil of USA citizens from a specific seven countries with a muslim majority. the A decision that does not take into account, apparently, of visas and permits already obtained, and that in certain cases, it may also lead to significant consequences for startups and technology companies (but not only): as noted by the CEO of Linkedin, Jeff Weiner, 40 percent of the company that belong to the Fortune 500 was founded by an immigrant.

The decision to Trump to block the influx of visitors, or those who actually are citizens of the United States in fact if not in the documents, is nothing more than an election promise that is not without according to the detractors of conflicts of interest. the The official reason for the block is linked to terrorism, but in most parts it is noted as to be affected are countries that have not had any particular relationship with terrorism in the united states, while they remain outside the main trading partners of the USA (and of the companies of Trump). But, importantly, there may be practical consequences for the vitality of enterprises, USA): another workhorse of the Trump, and make wide use of technical and foreign scientists to enrich their ranks.

What has happened is that suddenly it seems that everybody in California to have realized what was going on: Mark Zuckerberg was the first to post on your own social network a critical rather clear, although very correct politically, the measure of the newly-elected president. Then it was the turn of Pichai of Google, Nadella of Microsoft, Sergei Brin, has even joined protesters at the airport of San Francisco, Reed Hastings of Netflix has been caustic as well as many other its counterparts from Apple, Dropbox, Twitter. And many others.

From all sides then, it came the appeal to donate to the ACLU: the American Civil Liberty Union for the protection of civil rights is in the forefront in assisting those who are suddenly finds herself stateless, with difficulties to enter the nation that believes its home. The appeal has worked, given that the ACLU has logged over 150 thousand new subscriptions and received funds for $ 10 million in one weekend: Lyft has promised 1 million dollars to the association, also to ride the controversy arose around the positions of Travis Kalanick that he is a director of Trump as well as its CEO of the main competitor, Uber. And then there are the allocated funds from the companies directly for their employees involved in the block of the immmigrazione, as of yet, Linkedin and Google, with several million set aside to cover legal costs and practical of this “unexpected”.

However you want to playing, the friction between the Silicon Volley, and the White House is not a good signal for a president who said to bet everything on the us industry and the “made in USA”: the technology and scientific research are one of the most valuable resources of the nation, and the beginning of this post to Donald Trump does not seem to jets, a light that is particularly favourable for the next four years.

Luca Annunziata