Facebook, Netflix and Twitter have joined the growing list of companies dropping out of the South by Southwest Festival set to take place in Austin, Texas, later this month amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
March 5, 2020, 7:10 PMFacebook, Netflix and Twitter are dropping out of the upcoming South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, over coronavirus concerns.
"Right now, there is no evidence that closing South by Southwest or other activities is going to make this community safer. We are constantly monitoring that situation," Dr. Mark Escott, the interim medical director for Austin Public Health, told reporters."One of the concerns is that if we shut down or make the recommendation to shut down South by Southwest, people will still continue to come here … but without that organizational structure that South by Southwest provides.
In this March 11, 2019, file photo, a view of Austin's city streets during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festival is shown.Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was scheduled to be one of the event's speakers, but his name no longer appears on the website.
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