Tech companies to meet on legal challenge to Trump immigration order

Published Tue, Jan 31, 2017 · 03:21 AM

[LONDON] A group of technology companies is planning to meet on Tuesday to discuss filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump's order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, said a spokesperson for GitHub, a company that makes software development tools, which is organizing the meeting.

Alphabet Inc's Google, Airbnb Inc and Netflix Inc are among the companies invited to the meeting, a separate person familiar with the situation said.

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