NEW YORK (AP) – Meetup.com is taking a leap into the Trump resistance.
The New York-based networking site will unveil plans in the coming days to partner with a labor group – under the guidance of a former Hillary Clinton aide – to coordinate protests among more than 120,000 activists already involved with anti-Trump Meetup groups.
It’s a risky move for a tech company that has helped millions come together to share interests of all kinds, from hiking to languages to President Donald Trump himself. But it reflects an increasing willingness of some major technology firms to push back against the Republican president.
Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman told The Associated Press that the new arrangement, to be known only as #Resist, gives the loosely organized protest movement the infrastructure needed to execute large responses to the new president’s policies.
“It’s one thing for a CEO to say, ‘I’m going to stand up against a politician,'” Heiferman said. “It’s even further for the company itself to mobilize people.”