Twitter employees donate $1.59m to fight Trump

New York, Feb 3: Despite US President Donald Trump being a prolific Twitter user, the employees of the micro-blogging site donated $1.59 million to an organization to fight Trump, a media report said.According to a report in TechCrunch on Thursday, nearly 1,000 employees donated the hefty amount to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to fight Trump s executive order on the temporary travel ban.CEO Jack Dorsey and Executive Chairman Omid Kordestani also contributed."Our work is far from done. In the coming months, we ll see a flurry of legal challenges, legislative pushes, and public pronouncements," Vijaya Gadde, General Counsel, Twitter was quoted as saying. "But as long as civil liberties are threatened, I am proud to know that as individuals we will stand up to defend freedom and look after people," Gadde said. Apart from Twitter s donations, ACLU has raised over $24 million within a few days, six-times more than it did in the entire 2016."In a further sign of support from Silicon Valley, the ACLU entered Y Combinator s accelerator program earlier this week where it will receive mentorship and guidance around areas like hiring, the use of technology and more," the report noted.