Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley leaders launch political groupApril 12, 2013 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have formally launched a political pressure group aimed at revamping immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research, Belfast Telegraph said. Zuckerberg announced the formation of Fwd.us in an article in The Washington Post. He said the United States needs a new approach to these issues if it is to get ahead economically. This, he wrote, includes offering immigrants a path to citizenship. Zuckerberg wrote: "We have a strange immigration policy for a nation of immigrants. And it's a policy unfit for today's world." The move comes as a bipartisan Senate group is expected to roll out a comprehensive immigration bill in the coming days. Zuckerberg's goal echoed the proposed legislation. Zuckerberg, whose great-grandparents were immigrants, said he wants "comprehensive immigration reform that begins with effective border security, allows a path to citizenship and lets us attract the most talented and hardest-working people, no matter where they were born". He also called for higher standards and accountability in schools and increased focus on learning about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Also backing the group are tech leaders such as LinkedIn chief executive Reid Hoffman, venture capitalists John Doerr and Jim Breyer, as well as Ruchi Sanghvi of Dropbox, who was Facebook's first female engineer. Joe Green, founder of Causes.com, serves as the group's president and founder. Major financial contributors include Google chairman Eric Schmidt, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings, Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer, SpaceX and Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk, Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus and former Groupon chief executive Andrew Mason. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. EU calls on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners The European Union calls on Azerbaijan to release all those imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Turkey wants deal after “positive developments” Turkey hopes “positive developments” in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to an agreement. Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. |