Social media started flooding with tweets #DeleteUber as many reported to delete the app on believing that the company was siding with the President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims entering the country.

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Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick, on Saturday clarified to his employees that he believes in ‘standing up for what is right,’ in an emailed statement while referring to the ‘Muslim ban’ imposed by President Trump.

Taking its cue from the widespread hatred for the company, Kalanick noted that Trump’s decision to suspend immigration from seven countries and even restrict green card holders from re-entering the States for a period of 90 days would have "broad implications," he said.

The executive order signed by President Trump halted refugee arrivals into the United States for 120 days, and barred citizens of Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen for 90 days.

"It's not a Muslim ban," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he signed several executive orders on Saturday. "It's working out very nicely. You see it at the airports, you see it all over," President Trump said.

After the order was made public, aviation companies Qatar Airways and Etihad said that they were willing to comply with the ban.

“If travellers to the US don't have the proper documentation, we are not going to take them to the US," Qatar spokesperson said.

The ban on Muslims or more accurately people emerging from those particular countries received a lot of criticism from a lot of officials.

Among the company officials were Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and Sundar Pichai, CEO Google who openly ridiculed the president’s decision.

“I understand that many people internally and externally may not agree with that decision, and that's OK. It's the magic of living in America that people are free to disagree. But whatever your view please know that I've always believed in principled confrontation and just change; and have never shied away (maybe to my detriment) from fighting for what's right,” Kalanick said in a concluding remark in the email.