Donald Trumps beslutning om at nægte personer fra syv muslimske lande indrejse i USA, er faldet flere for brystet. Den amerikanske præsidents udlændingepolitik har oven i købet medført kritik fra lederne af to af verdens førende it-giganter: Googles Sundar Pichai og Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg.

Google-chefen udtrykker bekymring for bevægelsesfriheden for egne medarbejdere. The Independent skriver:

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai – himself an Indian immigrant – wrote to company employees after the order was signed on Friday.

The memo, obtained by Bloomberg, said: “It’s painful to see the personal cost of this executive order on our colleagues. We’ve always made our view on immigration issues known publicly and will continue to do so.”

Facebook-chefen er hårdere i tonen:

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg also condemned the President’s decision, while highlighting his own family’s immigrant heritage.

“I’m concerned about the impact of the recent executive orders signed by President Trump,” Mr Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page.

“We should also keep our doors open to refugees and those who need help. That’s who we are.”

Med tanke på, hvilken indflydelse disse it-gigantene har, optræder deres topchefer i praksis som politiske aktører. I lighed med medierne, tager de parti mod USAs valgte politiske ledelse.

Som Nigel Farage i sin tid råbte i EU-parlamentet:” Who the hell do you think that you are?”

Hovmod står som bekendt for fald og forsøget på at lægge politisk magt over til den økonomiske ditto, kan hurtigt give bagslag, hvis omgivelserne synes de går for langt.

The Independent