Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick are under Twitter fire for what some considered a weak response to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban.
It’s been a rough day or so for ride-hailing company Uber, which has been the subject of a massive Twitter campaign calling upon users to stop using its app.
The #DeleteUber hashtag , which is still trending Sunday afternoon and has the backing of celebrities like Lena Dunham , George Takei , started taking off Saturday night, in response to two notable events that created the perfect public relations storm.
First, as tech industry heavyweights on Saturday started to decry US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban as “un-American” and “bigotry ,” Uber’s Travis Kalanick, who serves on a strategic forum of business leaders advising Trump , issued a statement seen as lightly critical, if that.
