Becker's Healthcare June 29, 2022
Georgina Gonzalez

Big tech companies have stayed silent about whether they will share consumer data to law enforcement in the case of abortion, causing frustration among some employees, The Washington Post reported June 29.

Employees of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all been venting their frustrations with their employers’ lack of transparency in the issue, posting on message boards or starting internal petitions. The vast amounts of data these companies own on consumers worldwide could be used by law enforcement to find and prosecute those who get abortions in states where it’s illegal.

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