Microsoft reiterates after meeting with Donald Trump: “We oppose discrimination”

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Published onDecember 16, 2016

published onDecember 16, 2016

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Tensions have been high since the Presidential Election 2016 in which Donald Trump won the election over Hillary Clinton. In its wake, rumors have begun circulating that data computing companies such as Microsoft might be called upon to assist in creating a ‘Muslim Registry’ based on religious beliefs that Trump spoke about during his campaign.

Today,Buzzfeedreports that Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that consumers have no reason to worry about their personal data being used for the wrong reasons.

“We’ve been clear about our values. We oppose discrimination and we wouldn’t do any work to build a registry of Muslim Americans,” said Shaw.

This comes only a day after thetech summit at Trump Towerwhich many of Silicon Valley’s elite leaders attended, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The meeting consisted of quite a few tech companies with employees that have previously made their stance to fight against any ‘unethical or illegal misuse of data’.

Employees from leading companies even went so far as tosign a declarationthat they would rather resign than to comply with such a request should it be made.

It states:

We refuse to participate in the creation of databases of identifying information for the United States government to target individuals based on race, religion, or national origin.

We will advocate within our organizations:

If we discover misuse of data that we consider illegal or unethical in our organizations:

Furthermore, the undersigned intend to raise awareness and ask critical questions to ensure fair use of data and algorithms beyond even their own countries.

It’s worth noting that Facebook, who also signed the pledge, told Buzzfeed that nobody has asked them to help build a Muslim registry. Nor would they if they were asked to.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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