Facebook is skipping SXSW over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, joining Twitter in sitting out the annual festival
Facebook is skipping SXSW over concerns about the spread of coronavirus, joining Twitter in sitting out the annual film, music and technology festival.
"Due to concerns related to coronavirus, our company and employees will not be participating in SXSW this year," a spokeswoman for the social networking company said Monday in a statement. Facebook had about a dozen speakers scheduled to participate in the event and one activation. which was set to be held in May in San Jose, California.
Twitter made a similar decision on Sunday evening, announcing that, due to its mandatory global business travel restriction, its employees would not be able to attend the event, which is scheduled to run March 13-22 in Austin. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey also dropped out of the event, where he was set to be interviewed by Axios' Dan Primack.in Barcelona, have been canceled in response to the global outbreak, SXSW is currently scheduled to take place as planned.
A Change.org petition calling for the cancellation of SXSW had more than 24,000 signatures as of Monday afternoon.
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