Monday 06 February 2017 10:25 am

Meet the 96 companies taking a stand against Trump

By: Lynsey Barber

In an unprecedented uniting of mainly technology companies, 96 have joined forces to fight Donald Trump's controversial ban on people from certain countries entering the US.

From giants such as Apple and Google, to smaller firms such as TaskRabbit and Stripe, they have filed what's called an amicus brief in the court of appeals, meaning they are interested parties though not direct litigants of the legal action.

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While the majority of firms joining in are from the tech world – already having been the fastest to act and most vocal about the executive order which has sparked international protests – a handful of non-tech firms should also be noted aong them, including yoghurt company Chobani and denim kings Levi Strauss.

Of the 96 firms, 28 are publicly listed ones – around a third.

Three are international businesses – Sweden's Spotify, Australia's Atlassian and Brazil's KIND – while 70 per cent of the companies are based in California, home of Silicon Valley.

These are the 96 companies taking a stand against Trump

*Denotes publicly listed companies