Silicon Valley Leaders Rally Around YouTube In The Wake Of San Bruno Shooting
April 4, 2018
Silicon Valley Leaders Rally Around YouTube In The Wake Of San Bruno Shooting
The shooting at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno today brought a moment of unity to Silicon Valley, following a week of discord in which two of the most prominent technology leaders publicly sniped at each other.
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A woman opened fire with a handgun in an outdoor courtyard Tuesday afternoon, injuring three people and sending scores of employees feeling in fear before apparently turning the gun on herself, according to police. As reports of an active shooter at YouTube headquarters spread via social media, industry leaders including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella turned to Twitter to express their condolences. Here is a sampling:
From everyone at Apple, we send our sympathy and support to the team at YouTube and Google, especially the victims and their families.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 3, 2018
Horrible and truly tragic day for YouTube and Google. We are wishing all our very best for the injured and all those affected.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 3, 2018
On behalf of all of Microsoft, our hearts are with everyone at YouTube and Google today and all those affected. https://t.co/dijMxGXGpD
— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) April 4, 2018
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi extended his for YouTube and gratitude to first responders.
On behalf of the team at @Uber, sending support to everyone @YouTube and @Google, and gratitude to the heroic first responders. Another tragedy that should push us again to #EndGunViolence
— dara khosrowshahi (@dkhos) April 3, 2018
While Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey used the tragedy to renew calls for gun control, posting links to the March for Our Lives movement.
We can’t keep being reactive to this, thinking and praying it won’t happen again at our schools, jobs, or our community spots. It’s beyond time to evolve our policies. This is a simple and reasonable approach, and it won’t solve all, but it’s a good start: https://t.co/ADYalbaO57 https://t.co/nbXpH9DDyT
— jack (@jack) April 3, 2018
Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged the support during the tragedy, while YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley Tweeted a brief note in the middle of the ordeal, expressing anxiety: “Praying for my friends @YouTube!”
There are no words to describe the tragedy that occurred today. @SusanWojcicki & I are focused on supporting our employees & the @YouTube community through this difficult time together. Thank you to the police & first responders for their efforts, and to all for msgs of support.
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 3, 2018
Silicon Valley has been showing its sharp elbows in the past week, as Cook and Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg have thrown rhetorical jabs at each other in interviews about the Cambridge Analytica data leak. Apple’s CEO said he “wouldn’t be in this situation” because of Apple’s firm privacy stance, while Zuckerberg called those criticisms “extremely glib.”