By Noel Young

The Indy Big Data conference set to be held in May in Indianapolis has been hit by cancellations from major firms since the state passed its Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Amazon won’t be there. “We are not participating in the conference,” a spokeswoman told the magazine Ad Age. Business Development Manager Greg Khairallah was to speak about “Agile Big Data Analytics powered by Amazon Web Services.”

The spokeswoman continued, “Nobody will present. Our speaker’s photo will be gone by the end of the day. They are fielding multiple requests.”

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Source: The Drum