GitHub apologizes for firing employee who warned of Capitol attack Nazi link
by Kenya Evelyn in Washington from on (#5CZXT)
- Technology firm admits significant errors of judgment'
- Employee, who is Jewish, posted in company chat room
GitHub, a technology firm owned by Microsoft, apologized on Sunday for what its COO, Erica Brescia, called significant errors in judgment" following outrage that it had fired an employee, who is Jewish, for warning that Nazis" were among the pro-Donald Trump mob who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January.
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