Apple's Tim Cook "disagrees" with DT's take on neo-nazi violence...pledges 1M to both SPLC &
the Anti-Defamation League
BY TONY ROMM AND KARA SWISHER ON AUGUST 16, 2017 11:03 PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday called for an “unequivocal” denouncement of the recent neo-Nazi demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, stressing he disagreed with comments by President Donald Trump that attributed the violence there to “many sides” — and not white supremacists.
In a note to Apple’s employees, obtained Wednesday night by Recode, Cook also announced the company would donate $1 million each to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League.
Apple plans to match its employees donations to human rights groups — on a 2-for-1 basis — until Sept 30, while setting up a new system in iTunes, its music software, to “offer users an easy way to join us in directly supporting the work of the SPLC,” Cook said.
“Like so many of you, equality is at the core of my beliefs and values,” Cook wrote. “The events of the past several days have been deeply troubling for me, and I’ve heard from many people at Apple who are saddened, outraged or confused,” Cook told employees.
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https://www.recode.net/platform/amp/2017/8/16/16160202/apples-tim-cook-says-he-disagrees-with-donald-trumps-take-on-neo-nazi-violence-in-charlottesville
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