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The ferocity of the #DeleteUber movement is a warning for technology companies: If you’re going to benefit from the industry’s capitalist-hippy playbook in good weather, customers will expect you to back those values when things get stormy.

Only a handful of companies have Uber’s visibility and reputation, but its missteps during the backlash to Donald Trump’s “Muslim travel ban” — especially being perceived to “strike break” a taxi protest at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport — indicate what may be at risk when conservative governments clash with a young, activist consumer base.

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