Friday, 6 March 2020
South by Southwest, the huge music, technology, and film festival in Austin, has been canceled for the first time in 34 years. By now, the culprit is no surprise: Coronavirus. “After careful deliberation, there was no acceptable path forward that would mitigate the risk enough to protect our community,” said Dr. Mark Escott, Austin’s public health medical director. [Read: TNW reschedules 2020 event to October 1 & 2] Several companies had already pulled out before the cancellation, including Apple, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Over 50,000 people had signed an online petition requesting the event be canceled over public health concerns. Although…
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