(Cybernews) Since the beginning of February, Americans have been called to boycott major Big Tech companies actively or passively supporting President Donald Trump and ICE. Unsubscribe, and the markets will move, organizers say. Even though that’s not necessarily going to happen, pressure might work. Did you go to work, school, or shopping on January 30th? If you did, you must have missed the announcement that this was supposed to be the day of the nationwide strike across the US. Yes, celebrities have posted about the strike on their socials, and yes, the goal of the economic blackout was fair: to protest ICE operations in Minneapolis – where agents killed two people – and elsewhere. But here’s the problem. Economic boycotts, though a familiar tool of protest, often place the greatest strain on the smallest businesses, especially if the cost of living is rocketing – which it is in the US. Many small business owners thus faced a dilemma – support the cause and lose precious money, or stay open to customers but feel guilty for not demonstrating solidarity. There’s another way, though, according to Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University, famous for his criticism of Big Tech. He’s called for Americans to dedicate the whole month of February to boycotting major tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Ambitious anti-ICE Big Tech boycott has begun in America: will it work?
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