Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky

After the recent wake of the immigration issue of family separation which has seen several children separated from their parents as the U.S.-Mexico border and caused a wide outcry across the globe amidst released info and photos of worried parents seeking to be re-united with their children who are left isolated from both them and their family members, The founders of online marketplace and hospitality service Airbnb where travellers around the globe and is a huge mover in the world of immigration has condemned the act of family separation by immigration enforcement in a statement which describes the act as “Cruel, Immoral and counter to the values of American Belonging” and calling for the need to stop this injustice and re-uniting these children with their parents.

Along with Airbnb, Apple CEO Tim Cook describes described this act as “Inhumane”, Software giant Microsoft described this act as “Dismayed” with Cloud communications company Twilio co-founder describing it as a “War Crime”.

Along with individuals and corporations in the tech industry, People from all around the world have taken to the use of social media and other forms of communication and information dispersion to denounce the act which is deemed as very troubling as parents being separated from their children can cause both emotional and physical pain for the children who seek to be re-united with their family and also the parents who are constantly on the go doing everything they can to get their children back and be re-united with them.

The list of tech company leaders amongst others who have spoken against this makes a very long count as the CEO’s and other top leaders of both Uber, Lyft, Twitter, Salesforce, YouTube, Cisco, Reddit, eBay, Zillow, Box, Google and a slew of other companies have all spoken against this move through several tweets.

Along with other companies, Other countries including the nation of Mexico has also condemned this act which also involved the separation of toddlers from their parents as “Violation of Human Rights” and according to recent reports, Moves are being made to bring a solution to this issue after the huge public outcry although it isn’t yet clear how.

This represents the power of information and its spread across the Globe coupled with the ability of people around the world to speak up using various communication and media platforms to bring up solutions to various worldwide issues, The Public has always been the major mover in global events and using the power of global technology is forever earmarked towards making the world a better and amazing place for all.

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