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<blockquote><em>Write a list of things you would never do. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will do them.</em> <nobr>—Sarah Kendzior</nobr> <a href="#footnote1">[1]</a></blockquote>
<p>
We, the undersigned,
are employees of tech organizations and companies based in the United States.
We are engineers, designers, business executives, and others
whose jobs include managing or processing data about people.
We are choosing to stand in solidarity with Muslim Americans,
immigrants, and all people whose lives and livelihoods
are threatened by the incoming administration’s
proposed data collection policies.
We refuse to build a database of people
based on their Constitutionally-protected religious beliefs.
We refuse to facilitate mass deportations
of people the government believes to be undesirable.
<p>
We have educated ourselves on the history of threats like these,
and on the roles that technology and technologists played
in carrying them out.
We see how <a href="http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/">IBM collaborated to digitize and streamline the Holocaust</a>,
contributing to the deaths of six million Jews and millions of others.
We recall the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans">internment of Japanese Americans</a>
during the Second World War.
We recognize that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide#Deportations">mass deportations</a>
precipitated the very atrocity the word genocide
was <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genocide#Etymology">created</a> to describe:
the murder of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey.
We acknowledge that
genocides are not merely a relic of the distant <nobr>past—</nobr><wbr>among others,
<a href="http://www.rwandanstories.org/genocide/hate_radio.html">Tutsi Rwandans</a> and
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_genocide">Bosnian Muslims</a>
have been victims in our lifetimes.
<p>
Today we stand together to say: not on our watch, and never again.
<p>
We commit to the following actions:
<ul>
<li>We refuse to participate in the creation of
databases of identifying information
for the United States government
to target individuals based on race, religion, or national origin.
<li>We will advocate within our organizations:
<ul>
<li>to minimize the collection and retention of data
that would facilitate ethnic or religious targeting.
<li>to scale back existing datasets
with unnecessary racial, ethnic, and national origin data.
<li>to responsibly destroy high-risk datasets and backups.
<li>to implement security and privacy best practices,
in particular,
for end-to-end encryption to be the default wherever possible.
<li>to demand appropriate legal process
should the government request that we turn over
user data collected by our organization, even in small amounts.
</ul>
<li>If we discover misuse of data that we consider illegal or unethical
in our organizations:
<ul>
<li>We will work with our colleagues and leaders to correct it.
<li>If we cannot stop these practices,
we will exercise our <a href="https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/state-and-local-updates/pages/california-whistleblowers.aspx">rights</a> and responsibilities to speak out publicly
and engage in <a href="https://www.theengineroom.org/responsible-data-leaks-and-whistleblowing/">responsible whistleblowing</a>
without endangering users.
<li>If we have the authority to do so,
we will use all available legal defenses to stop these practices.
<li>If we do not have such authority,
and our organizations force us to engage in such misuse,
we will resign from our positions rather than comply.
</ul>
<li>We will raise awareness and ask critical questions
about the responsible and fair use of data and algorithms
beyond our organization and our industry.
</ul>
<div class="note">
Note: Signatories’ references to affiliated organizations below
are for identification purposes
and are not intended to imply an endorsement by the organization.
</div>
<p>Signed,</p>
<ul class="signatories">
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<li>Akil Harris, First Look Media
<li>Alec Perkins <!-- from GitHub user alecperkins -->
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/cubeghost">Alex Baldwin, Poncho</a> <!-- from GitHub user goosey -->
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/_alecook">Alex Cook, Software Engineer (Part-time Thought Leader)</a>
<li>Andreas Fuchs, Stripe
<li>Andrew Bonventre, Google
<li>Andrew Losowsky, The Coral Project
<li>Annie Tuan, Mobile Software Engineer
<li>Asher Cohen <!-- from GitHub user Asheric -->
<li><a href="https://keybase.io/heliostatic">Ben Cohen</a>
<li>Ben Wood, Autodesk
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/barenakedbrady">Brady O'Connell</a></li> <!-- from GitHub user boconnell -->
<li>Brian Geppert, metacode
<li><a href="https://brian.mastenbrook.net/">Brian Mastenbrook, AirStash</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/briantrice">Brian T. Rice, Awake Networks</a>
<li>Britton Watkins
<li><a href="http://milk.com">Dan Bornstein, Computer Programmer</a>
<li><a href="https://dankaminsky.com">Dan Kaminsky, Chief Scientist, White Ops</a>
<li><a href="http://davemayo.is-a-geek.org">Dave Mayo, Software Developer, Harvard University</a>
<li>David Beckley
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/davigoli">David Golightly, Software Developer, Substantial</a>
<li>David Hartunian, Position Development <!-- from GitHub user dhartunian -->
<li>David Reid, Engineer, Fig <!-- from GitHub user dreid -->
<li>Don Marti, Mozilla <!-- from GitHub user dmarti -->
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/donaldball">Donald Ball, SparkFund</a>
<li>Drew Durbin, CEO, Wave
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/dperny">Drew Erny<a> <!-- from GitHub user dperny -->
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/edropple">Ed Ropple, edboxes</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/lcdpowell">Elsie Powell, 2U</a> <!-- from GitHub user embolalia -->
<li>Erin Ptacek, Latacora
<li>Ethan Schlenker, Twitter
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/FredericJacobs">Frederic Jacobs</a>, Security Engineer <!-- from GitHub user FredericJacobs -->
<li>George Tankersley, Cloudflare
<li><a href="http://haldean.org">Haldean Brown</a> <!-- from GitHub user haldean -->
<li>Heather Rivers, Director of Engineering, Mode Analytics
<li><a href="http://hollyallen.info/">Holly Allen</a> <!-- from GitHub user hollyallen -->
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ingridavendano">Ingrid Avendaño, Uber</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/janardanyri">Janardan Yri</a>
<li>Jane Ruffino
<li>Jeffrey Stanton, SparkFund
<li>Jen-Mei Wu, <a href="http://oaklandmakerspace.com/">Liberating Ourselves Locally</a> <!-- from GitHub user jenmei -->
<li>Jenny Tong, Pumping Station: One
<li>Jeremy Rauch, Latacora
<li>Jesse Luehrs
<li><a href="http://joecrawford.com/">Joe Crawford</a>, Web Developer
<li>John Firebaugh, Mapbox <!-- from GitHub user jfirebaugh -->
<li>Jonathan Haddad, The Last Pickle
<li>Josh Feldman
<li><a href="http://www.joshuawise.com">Joshua Wise, Imaging Architect, NVIDIA Corporation</a>
<li>Judy Tuan, Software Engineering Manager
<li>Justin T. Conroy, Pumping Station: One
<li>Justin Falcone
<li>Ka-Ping Yee, Engineer, Wave
<li><a href="https://www.OpenTechStrategies.com/">Karl Fogel, Partner, Open Tech Strategies LLC</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/maybekatz">Katerina Marchán, npm, Inc.</a>
<li>Kelly Buchanan
<li>Kelly Shortridge
<li>Kelsey Gilmore-Innis, Callisto
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/kevrone">Kevin Cantwell, Timehop</a>
<li><a href="https://neocities.org">Kyle Drake, Neocities</a> <!-- from GitHub user kyledrake -->
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/hypatiadotca">Leigh Honeywell, Slack</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/rcoder">Lennon Day-Reynolds</a>, Stripe
<li>Lincoln Quirk, Founder, Wave.com
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/lindseybieda">Lindsey Bieda</a>
<li>lvh, Latacora
<li>Maggie Ronan
<li>Mano Marks, Docker
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/marcprecipice">Marc Hedlund</a>, Skyliner <!-- from GitHub user precipice -->
<li><a href="http://anarchivi.st/">Mark A. Matienzo, Stanford University Libraries</a>
<li>Marlena Compton, IBM
<li>Martin Robinson, Igalia
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/mjg59">Matthew Garrett, CoreOS</a> <!-- from GitHub user mjg59 -->
<li><a href="http://matthewmcvickar.com">Matthew McVickar</a>
<li>Matthew Pfeffer
<li>Melinda Jacobs
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/0xabad1dea">Melissa Elliott</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/downey">Michael Downey</a>
<li>Michael Jeremiah Curry
<li>Michael Wilber, Cornell Tech
<li>Mike Perry, Tor Project
<li>Mikeal Rogers, Node.js Foundation <!-- from GitHub user mikeal -->
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mindypreston">Mindy Preston, Docker</a>
<li>Nate Parsons, Planet Labs, Inc.
<li>Nathan Sorenson, SparkFund
<li>Nick Sullivan, Cloudflare
<li>Nikko Patten-Weinstein, SparkFund
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/nthall">Noah Hall</a>
<li>Noel Hidalgo, Executive Director, <a href="https://beta.nyc">BetaNYC</a> <!-- from GitHub user noneck -->
<li>Paul Kruczynski
<li>Peter Eckersley, Chief Computer Scientist, Electronic Frontier Foundation
<li>Peter Reilly, Software Engineer
<li>Philip James, Stripe
<li>Philip Porada, Systems Administrator
<li>Richard Esteban Martinez Hughes, MIT Class of 2008
<li>Richo Healey, Stripe
<li>Ryan Sablosky, Bard College
<li>Seth Price, RS & GS Engineer, Planet, Inc.
<li> Shaun Carland, Software Engineer, Yesware
<li>Shauna Gordon-McKeon
<li>Sheila Miguez, Canonical
<li>Siena Aguayo, Software Engineer, Indiegogo
<li>Stefan Hayden, Shutterstock
<li><a href="http://stephenwoods.net">Stephen Woods, Salesforce</a> <!-- from GitHub user saw -->
<li><a href="http://twitter.com/steven_johnson">Steven Johnson, Google</a> <!-- from Github user steven-johnson -->
<li><a href="http://stuartgeiger.com">Stuart Geiger, UC-Berkeley Institute for Data Science</a></li> <!-- from Github user staeiou -->
<li>Ted Scharff, Planet Labs
<li>Teresa Murphy, Marketing Associate, Indiegogo
<li>Thomas H. Ptacek, Latacora
<li>Tim Chevalier, Google
<li><a href="http://kemp59f.info">Timothy Kempf, Meadow</a> <!-- from GitHub user Fauntleroy -->
<li>Tymm Zerr
<li><a href="http://frameshiftconsulting.com/">Valerie Aurora, Frame Shift Consulting</a>
<li>William Wnekowicz, Developer in Residence, KPCB
<li><a href="https://diracdeltas.github.io">Yan Zhu, Security Engineer</a>
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</ul>
<h2>How to sign this pledge</h2>
<p>
If you would like to join us in signing this pledge,
we ask that you send us your name and
optional position, affiliation, and/or URL,
exactly as you would like to be listed here,
in one of the following ways:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/neveragaindottech/neveragaindottech.github.io/">Send us a pull request on GitHub.</a>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/neveragaintech">Direct message us on Twitter (our DMs are open).</a>
<li>If neither of these options are possible,
please email neveragaindottech at gmail dot com,
but please note that this may delay your signature
as we must validate your identity.
Please send us some way for us to confirm your identity,
such as a LinkedIn profile or a homepage.
</ul>
<h2>Additional resources</h2>
<p>If you’re reading this and want to take action beyond signing,
some things you can do include:</p>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.aclu.org/">American Civil Liberties Union</a>
<li><a href="https://www.cair.com/">Council on American-Islamic Relations</a>
<li><a href="http://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/programs/national-security-and-civil-rights-2/">Asian Law Caucus</a>
<li><a href="https://www.splcenter.org/">Southern Poverty Law Center</a>
<li><a href="http://mpowerchange.org">MPower Change: Muslim Grassroots Movement</a>
<li><a href="http://www.drumnyc.org/">DRUM – Desis Rising Up and Moving</a>
<li><a href="http://centerformediajustice.org/">Center for Media Justice</a>
<li><a href="https://www.propublica.org/">ProPublica</a>
</ul>
<h3>Volunteer</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/">Showing Up for Racial Justice</a>
</ul>
<h3>Legal assistance and referrals</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/legal-assistance">Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Cooperating Attorneys List</a>
<li>State and local lawyer referral services
<ul>
<li>San Francisco Bay Area:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.sfbar.org/lawyerreferrals/">San Francisco</a>
<li><a href="https://www.smcba.org/For%20the%20Public/How%20We%20Can%20Help%20You/LRS.aspx">San Mateo County</a>
<li><a href="https://www.sccba.com/?lrs">Santa Clara County</a>
</ul>
<li><a href="http://apps.americanbar.org/legalservices/lris/directory/home.html">All others: See the American Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Directory</a>
</ul>
<li>State labor law enforcement agencies
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/dlseRetaliation.html">State of California Labor Commissioner’s Retaliation Complaint Investigation Unit</a>
<li><a href="http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/Employment/">California Department of Fair Employment and Housing</a>
</ul>
</ul>
<h3>Other resources</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://responsibledata.io/">Responsible Data Forum</a> (data ethics)
<li><a href="https://datasociety.net/">Data & Society</a> (research on social impact of data)
<li><a href="http://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-code-of-ethics-and-professional-conduct">ACM Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice</a> (and <a href="http://ethics.acm.org/code-of-ethics/code-2018/">revisions committee</a>)
<li><a href="https://ssd.eff.org/">EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense Guide</a>
</ul>
<h3>Further reading</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/">Autocracy: Rules for Survival</a> by Masha Gessen
<li><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/27/trump-realism-vs-moral-politics-choice-we-face/">Trump: The Choice We Face</a> by Masha Gessen
<li><a href="https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6">We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump</a> by Sarah Kendzior</a>
<li><a href="http://qz.com/846940/a-yale-history-professors-20-point-guide-to-defending-democracy-under-a-trump-presidency/">A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency</a> by Timothy Snyder
</ul>
<h3>Footnotes</h3>
<ol>
<li id="footnote1">From <a href="https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6">We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump</a> by Sarah Kendzior
</ol>