How tech companies are showing support for France after Friday’s attacks
- Youtube
- AirBnb
- Amazon
- Skype
Some technology companies - namely Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Reddit, Salesforce, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon - have taken steps to express their solidarity with France after the terrorist attacks hit Paris yesterday, where 127 They reported to have died.
Some of these expressions are not huge, but still remarkable because the francophilia has not spread across the board. Twitter, which is usually a place where people break the news and discuss it, right next to Facebook, has done nothing visibly in favor of France. Neither have LinkedIn or Apple.
Airbnb has activated its disaster relief program, allowing displaced people in Paris to keep certain Airbnb hosts for free. The program covers reserves for the check-in between 13 November and 17 November Previously, the company sent an email to the hosts offer to reimburse them if they allow guests in France to extend their stay for free .
Amazon is now displaying a big banner with the French flag at the top of its homepage, with the caption “Solidarité” (translation: solidarity).
Salesforce cofounder and chief executive Marc Benioff tweeted out an image that indicates the company’s support of France.
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