Events across the globe are getting canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus, and over 20,000 people want South by Southwest to be one of them.
people have signed a petition to cancel South by Southwest , an annual media festival in Austin, Texas, due to the outbreak, but so far, the festival has not been canceled.
Many other noteworthy events, from conferences to festivals to sporting events, have been canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus, including Facebooks's annual F8 conference and the World Athletics Indoor Championships..Several major corporate conferences have been canceled or postponed because of the outbreak, including F8, Facebook's annual conference for developers.
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