Apple boss makes US$2 million pledge to fight hateROBERT GALBRAITH/ REUTERS Apple chief executive Tim Cook has pledged for peace announcing that he will match employee donations to human rights organisations dollar for dollar. Apple is donating US$2 million to two human rights groups as part of chief executive Tim Cook's pledge to help lead the fight against the hate that fuelled the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, during a white-nationalist rally. Cook announced the donation in an internal memo late Thursday that was obtained by The Associated Press. READ MORE: How the alt-right got kicked offline - from Uber to GoogleApple is giving US$1m apiece to Southern Poverty Law Centre and the Anti-Defamation League. The iPhone maker also will match employee donations to those two groups and other human rights organisations on a two-for-one basis.

Source: Stuff August 18, 2017 01:52 UTC