In the face of employee outrage, Microsoft’s GitHub scrambles to defends its new ICE contract

<p>Employees fired back today in response to their CEO&#x2019;s email rationalizing the controversial agency&#x2019;s contract for an on-premises GitHub Enterprise Server license.&#xA0;</p><br /><p><span style="font-weight: 400">GitHub</span><span style="font-weight: 400">&#xA0;is best known for hosting many open-source coding projects. Much less known is that the company, a subsidiary of Microsoft, has worked under contract with the Department of Homeland Security&#x2019;s controversial Immigration &amp; Customs Enforcement agency since 2016. In an internal company email, leaked yesterday to Fight for the Future&#x2019;s Evan Greer, it was revealed that ICE recently renewed its contract for an on-premises GitHub Enterprise Server license, which had been pending since August.&#xA0;</span></p><p>Read Full Story</p><div class="feedflare"><br /> <br /></div>

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