GitHub apologizes for firing employee who warned of Capitol attack Nazi link

GitHub apologizes for firing employee who warned of Capitol attack Nazi link

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/18/github-apologizes-firing-jewish-employee-capitol-attack-nazi-link

GitHub, a technology firm owned by Microsoft, apologized on Sunday for what its COO, Erica Brescia, called “significant errors in judgment” following outrage that it had fired an employee, who is Jewish, for warning that “Nazis” were among the pro-Donald Trump mob who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January.

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GitHub apologizes for firing employee who warned of Capitol attack Nazi link

Jan 19, 2021, 9:15am UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/18/github-apologizes-firing-jewish-employee-capitol-attack-nazi-link > GitHub, a technology firm owned by Microsoft, apologized on Sunday for what its COO, Erica Brescia, called “significant errors in judgment” following outrage that it had fired an employee, who is Jewish, for warning that “Nazis” were among the pro-Donald Trump mob who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January. > Related: How US police failed to stop the rise of the far right and the Capitol attack