Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources

Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources against police brutality?

TechCrunch

Published 09 Jun 2020

The protests and unrest of the last week have produced enormous volumes of footage documenting police brutality and other crimes. Where is the platform for this important evidence to be collected, collated, and made public? If a major tech company doesn’t step up to the plate soon it can only be attributed to hypocrisy and […]

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Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources against police brutality?

Does tech have the guts to deploy its resources against police brutality?

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