π¨ BIG NEWS π¨
Thomson Reuters is facing shareholder calls to investigate its business for human rights abuses b/c of its work w/ICE.
The two biggest shareholder advisors in the world, ISS & Glass Lewis, just came out *in favor* of an investigation.
This is huge for investors.
Thomson Reuters is facing shareholder calls to investigate its business for human rights abuses b/c of its work w/ICE.
The two biggest shareholder advisors in the world, ISS & Glass Lewis, just came out *in favor* of an investigation.
This is huge for investors.
This is how it works: Shareholders can ask the board of directors to change company policies or review business practices.
A shareholder in Thomson Reuters, @BCGEU, called for a human rights assessment b/c Thomson Reuters works for ICE.
That proposal is now gaining steam.
A shareholder in Thomson Reuters, @BCGEU, called for a human rights assessment b/c Thomson Reuters works for ICE.
That proposal is now gaining steam.
Thomson Reuters has done this for years: They gave ICE access to a massive database w/hundreds of millions of recordsβnames, addresses, utility bills, etc.βon some 171 million people.
https://twitter.com/GeorgetownCPT/status/1365382637146275844?s=20
This supercharges surveillance & deportations. In one operation, a couple of ICE agents terrorized an entire community by sitting in their cars, w/their laptops, inputting & sharing data.
They then started to "disappear" people.
They then started to "disappear" people.
https://twitter.com/ConMijente/status/1179391687065513985?s=20
And Thomson Reuters is still working w/ICE, even though they no longer have this specific contract.
They're still providing ICE w/software to monitor immigrants, monitor activists, & facilitate ICE's deportations crackdown.
And that'll happen under Biden or Trump.
They're still providing ICE w/software to monitor immigrants, monitor activists, & facilitate ICE's deportations crackdown.
And that'll happen under Biden or Trump.
That's the work that's being challenged right now: Shareholders are calling on Thomson Reuters to investigate whether its contracts violate human rights.
ISS & Glass Lewis agreeing is huge, it means mainstream & heavy-hitting investors will vote for this.
ISS & Glass Lewis agreeing is huge, it means mainstream & heavy-hitting investors will vote for this.
Thomson Reuters must stop working w/ICE. It has done irreparable harm by facilitating deportations under Obama, Trump, & now Biden, violating human rights & expanding a surveillance dragnet.
It must cut its contracts, & investors must stand firm on this.
#NoTechforICE
It must cut its contracts, & investors must stand firm on this.
#NoTechforICE
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