Inan email accidentally sentto a BuzzFeed newsman , a Facebook spokesperson say the idea of a Islamic register is a “ straw man”—a fictive contention that misrepresents another ’s opinion . to begin with this calendar month , The Interceptasked nine tech companies if they would aide Trump in creating a Moslem registry . Facebook — along with Google , Apple , and IBM — did not respond ; Twitter was the only company to say no . In an e-mail intended for one of his colleagues , a Facebook spokesman told BuzzFeed ’s Nitasha Tiku :
glad to talk to her off disk about why this is attacking a stalk man . Also I get word back from her that she may or may not write an additional part depending on what reception she get from company . So sounds like not gain any stmt on record is the way to go .
While Facebook might think bring a Muslim register is a “ straw man , ” it ’s a scourge the president - elect has repeatedlypromised to make good on . In November of last year , when asked about the registry TrumptoldNBC News , “ There should be a lot of systems , beyond database , we should have a lot of systems , and today you may do it . ” When the reporter asked how he would get Muslims specifically to register , Trump explain , “ It would be just well direction . What you have to do is sound management operation and we can do that . ”
in brief after the election , Reutersreported that Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach — who help author Arizona SB 1070 — said his “ in-migration policy chemical group could commend the reinstatement of a home register of immigrants and visitors who introduce the United States on visas from rural area where extremist organizations are active . ” His role on Trump ’s changeover squad is unclear — he ’s beencalled“Trump ’s in-migration whisperer . ” He played a primal part in designing the National Security Entry - Exit Registration System while working in the Department of Justice under George W. Bush . NSEERS — a federal program enacted in 2001 and abandoned in 2012 — required multitude from country classified as ‘ higher risk ’ to be subject to interrogations and fingerprint before entering the United States . efficaciously a Moslem registry , the programme wasdiscontinuedin 2011 only “ because it was found to be surplus with other immigration systems . ”
“ Any technology party should resist a governance request for assistance that targets a customer on the fundament of wash , religion , or national bloodline , ” ACLU attorney Ben Wizner toldThe Intercept .
The Muslim registry is not a “ straw man . ” It is a real menace . When The Intercept asked Microsoft if it would “ help facilitate the institution of a national Islamic registry , ” the company said , “ We ’re not go to speak about hypotheticals at this percentage point . ”
When , then , is the time talk over these “ hypothetical ” and “ straw men ” ? We must speak now , before it ’s too latterly .
Update , 12/14 7:56PM EST : A Facebook spokesperson reached out to Gizmodo with the undermentioned statement :
“ No one has require us to build a Muslim registry , and of course we would not do so . ”
Gizmodo has asked Facebook for some elucidation on this , and will update the post if we get a reply .
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