Should Tech Companies Take a Stand Against Family Separation?

Should Tech Companies Take a Stand Against Family Separation?

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss the horrifying story that’s on everyone’s minds this week: the Trump Administration’s policy of separating immigrant families crossing the US Mexico border. They focus on how tech’s big players -- some of the most powerful companies in the world -- are responding to the policy and what we should expect from those companies and their leaders in the face of a humanitarian emergency.

The hosts also discuss the fallout from AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. Both Disney and now Comcast want to buy Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox. And as always - Don’t Close My Tabs - some of the most interesting stories from the web this week.

A quick update to Will’s tab, in which he discussed Verizon’s announcement that it would stop sharing customers’ real-time location data with third parties: As of Wednesday, the other three major carriers have all announced that they will do the same.

Don’t Close My Tabs

The New Yorker: The Government Has No Plan For Reuniting The Immigrant Families It Is Tearing Apart

The Verge: Verizon Will Stop Sell Real-Time Location Data to Third-Party Brokers

Podcast production by Max Jacobs.

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