SXSW to continue despite coronavirus outbreak as Apple, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and more withdraw from festival

SXSW to continue despite coronavirus outbreak as Apple, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and more withdraw from festival - SXSW2020

Accorinrin of Otoboke Beaver crowd surfs at Music Opening Party during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals in 2019.

Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Mashable, LinkedIn, Audible, IBM and Intel have all withdrawn from SXSW. Celebrities like Ozzy Osbourne and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails have also decided to stay away.was due to attend the festival for the first time this year but earlier this week took the decision to also withdraw from covering the event.calling for the festival to be cancelled due to the health risk involved. The petition currently has over 52 000 signatures.

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