How Silicon Valley leaders, from Elon Musk to Tim Cook, are responding to the George Floyd protests

From left: Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jeff Bezos.Getty

• Silicon Valley leaders are voicing their solidarity for protests that have erupted across the nation in response to the death of George Floyd.
• Executives from Google, Snap, Apple, Facebook, and more are speaking out against racial inequality and police brutality in social media posts and memos to employees.
• "Every minute we are silent in the face of evil and wrongdoing we are acting in support of evildoers," Snap CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in a memo to employees obtained by The Information. He called for tax reform and the creation of a non-partisan committee on reparations.
• In a memo obtained by Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook pointed to the history of racism in the US, which he described as "a painful past" that is "still present today."
• The CEOs of Google, Apple, Snap, and Facebook all pledged to donate to organizations that support racial justice and equality.
• The US is entering its seventh day of unrest over the killing of Floyd, who died while being subdued by police in Minneapolis.