On Thursday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pledged to donate $3 million to a group of mayors who are advocating for a federal guaranteed income. CEO's donation will support a circle of mayors in 15 different cities who are currently struggling with the economic effects of the COVID19 pandemic.
Dorsey twitted, "This is one tool to close the wealth and income gap, level systemic race and gender inequalities, and create economic security for families,"
Tech companies, including the Giants, have taken a huge leap in the coronavirus relief efforts.
Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, has reportedly doubled their donations to China's battle against the outbreak. Samsung is also providing funds and medical supplies, donating their phones to quarantined patients, and among other several efforts.
Dorsey informed in April that he'll transfer $1 billion of his Square wealth equity to finance relief for COVID-19 pandemic. After these rough challenges pass, Dorsey added, the money will fund girls' health and education, and universal basic income.
Twitter's CEO has also committed $1 million to Masks For The People. An organization that efforts to deliver face masks, testing kits, and hand sanitizer to the "incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, violence interrupters, elderly in our community, and most vulnerable black and brown loved ones in urban and rural communities."
Other Tech Giants helping this Pandemic
Tech giants like Google, Apple, Twitter, and Amazon are stepping to play a part in the COVID19 pandemic response. Their strategic movement is through tapping into their wide-ranging resources to help experts get a handle on the spread of the virus and to fill in gaps in the government's response. Though it may not be clear yet to what extent their efforts could help in this crisis, what has mattered now is they have put their efforts into doing something about it.
Apple and Google have announced last mid-April their plans to create the COVID-19 Exposure Notifications API or application programming interface. This API allows contact tracing apps developed by health care agencies to track where an infected person has been and who they have been in close proximity. And currently, the Contact tracing app is now available on the app store for the users to download whether android or iOs.
"It is more critical than ever for decision-makers to design their reopening in a data-driven way to minimize COVID and non-COVID related risks," said Cory Siskind, the Chief Executive of Base Operations.
