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Facebook, Razer, and LG are restricting employee travel to China amid coronavirus outbreak
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Facebook and gaming hardware maker Razer are among the first US technology companies to begin restricting travel to China amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, while South Korea’s LG has implemented a complete ban.
Facebook is halting all non-essential employee travel to the country, and the company is also telling employees who recently returned from China to work from home, according to Bloomberg. Although Facebook is banned in China, the company does have offices in the country and uses Chinese suppliers for manufacturing its Oculus virtual reality headsets and its Portal family of video chat devices.
California-based Razer, known for making popular gaming laptops and accessories, has separately confirmed to The Verge that it is...
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