Tech Companies Embark on a New Apology Tour
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Last year in this space, we wrote about the epidemic of atonement that was spreading through the technology industry. Companies like Uber, HootSuite Media Inc. and Snap Inc. were asking for forgiveness for everything from Travis Kalanick's video-recorded tantrum in the back of an Uber cab to the way Snap's offices had impacted the tranquility of a Southern California beach community.
Those transgressions seem rather quaint now.