Apple CEO pledges $2M to fight hate
SAN FRANCISCO
Apple is donating $2 million to two human rights groups as part of CEO Tim Cook’s pledge to help lead the fight against the hate that fueled the violence in Virginia during last weekend’s white-nationalist rally.
Cook made the commitment Wednesday in an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Cook also says he strongly disagrees with President Donald Trump’s comparison between the actions of white nationalists and protesters opposing them. He believes equating the two “runs counter to our ideals as Americans,” making him the latest prominent CEO to distance himself from Trump.
Apple is giving $1 million apiece to Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. and will match employee donations to those two groups and other human rights organizations on a two-for-one basis.
Associated Press