> We’re going to change the branch name because it could be seen as offensive but we’re still going to sell police facial recognition software that is biased against black people and women. Facial recognition software that misidentifies black people as gorillas. Facial recognition software that was used to identify unmasked BLM protesters. We’re going to change the branch name to be more inclusive of minorities but we’re going to carry on selling software to ICE. Get the fuck outta here.
This is a weird paragraph. They are contrasting GitHub's decisions against some other companies entirely.
edit: These were the links cited [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50865437
[2] https://www.cnet.com/news/google-apologizes-for-algorithm-mi...
[3] https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/18/21373316/nypd-facial-reco...
[4] https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tech-companies-quietl...