Highlights 1 9 major tech giants were asked if they would help Trump in making Muslim registry2 Only 3 companies answered, of them Twitter said no to such a project3 Microsoft said it will not talk about a hypothetical situationOf the nine major tech giants, including Facebook, Apple and Google, only Twitter has declined to help if US President-elect Donald Trump seeks to create a national Muslim registry, a media report said. US-based news website The Intercept said it contacted nine of the most prominent firms to ask if they would sell their services to help create a national Muslim registry -- an idea recently refloated by President-elect Donald Trump's transition team -- and only Twitter said no. ALSO READ: Donald Trump changes his tune on climate change, jailing Hillary ClintonAfter two weeks of calls and e-mails, only three companies provided an answer and only one said it would not participate in such a project. "Still, it is asking very little of today's tech companies to prompt them to go on record as unwilling to help create a federal list of Muslims -- or so one would very much hope," the report noted. ALSO READ: Donald Trump credits Twitter, Facebook for electoral victoryALSO READ: Rights group monitoring reports of attacks on US minorities since Trump winALSO WATCH

Source: India Today December 04, 2016 13:20 UTC