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Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by Tallasatree on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:44PM (#23430521)
I'm guessing the CEO is not anti-money.
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by misiti3780 on Friday June 05, 2020 @12:48PM (#23430562)
Also, he probably cant legally not let police departments use it, it's publically traded.
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by ganstyles on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:25PM (#23431134)
Largely a company can choose their customers; they’re not forced to transact with anyone. There are some exceptions of course, largely based on the reasons for not transacting. Being publicly traded doesn’t really matter here directly.
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by nahtnam on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:38PM (#23432175)
I'm curious, do any kind of discrimination laws apply here?
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by ganstyles on Friday June 05, 2020 @02:53PM (#23432349)
They do, and that's what I was getting at when I used the qualifier "largely".
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by jefftk on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:13PM (#23430912)
Why would being publicly traded keep them from choosing their customers?
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by misiti3780 on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:29PM (#23431192)
I assumed that it's his/their fiduciary duty to maximize profit, and if the current excutive team doesnt do that, they will be replaced with a team that will.
Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by jefftk on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:36PM (#23431309)
Execs have wide latitude to do their jobs, and considering the current circumstances I could see them deciding that declining to take police as customers would be better for the company long term.

This would be a very defensible decision legally (not a lawyer). You're right that it could plausibly lead to some sort of shareholder rebellion, but I'd be surprised.

Re:Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech by jefftk on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @06:44PM (#23483064)
Here's Amazon making a similar decision: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23482406