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Some context (edits for completeness & accuracy). If I understand the situation correctly, Hootsuite employees had been agitating against ICE contracts. As re
by neilk 6y ago
Some context (edits for completeness & accuracy).
If I understand the situation correctly, Hootsuite employees had been agitating against ICE contracts. As recently as yesterday, using very careful language, a Hootsuite spokesperson denied they had a contract with ICE. A Hootsuite employee blew the whistle on this contract, on Twitter, yesterday. (See comment to my post below.) This morning, an entrepreneur/activist in this space linked to documents showing that Hootsuite had sold licenses to ICE via an intermediary.
https://twitter.com/nandoodles/status/1309146080962113538 https://twitter.com/nandoodles/status/1309146080962113538
The contract is right here, search the page for "hootsuite".
https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD020FR0000270_7012_HSHQDC13D00017_7001 https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD020FR0000270...
More context from Business in Vancouver: https://biv.com/article/2020/09/hootsuite-denies-us-ice-partnership-amid-twitter-uproar https://biv.com/article/2020/09/hootsuite-denies-us-ice-part...
- cldellow 6y agoIt was first reported by a Hootsuite employee who has been with the company for 5 years: https://twitter.com/samelaanderson/status/1308917007438483457 https://twitter.com/samelaanderson/status/130891700743848345...
- randompwd 6y agoAh yes - a Vancouver BC based person whose twitter name is "Sam | abolish the police". A rational & valuable person no doubt.
- neilk 6y agoI think this comment could have been more substantive. It appears that you’re trying to say that the opinions and knowledge of a 5-year employee can be dismissed without any consideration, due to these signs. Is it the rational position to dismiss people out of hand? By the way, it may interest you to know that Hootsuite is a Vancouver-based company.
- spoopyskelly 6y ago> By the way, it may interest you to know that Hootsuite is a Vancouver-based company. That would explain the terrible name.