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Flipboard Tech Desk

3 days ago

Flipboard Tech Desk
3 days ago

Several former Google employees who were fired from the company for protesting against its cloud contract with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with the U.S. labor board.

The single-page complaint claims Google’s termination of their contracts was illegal and interferes with their rights to advocate for better working conditions, with one former employee claiming he was fired for simply watching the protest. @techspot has more.

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Ex-Google staff claim terminations over Israeli contract protest were illegal

Nine Google employees were arrested last month after occupying the company's offices in New York and California for an eight-hour sit-in. They were protesting against the $1.2...

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GeriatricGardener

1 week ago

GeriatricGardener
1 week ago

Yes!

…. and it’s Important we don’t forget this ⤵️ too:

“Amazon Is Investing in AI-Assisted Apartheid in Palestine”

by Ahmed Ibsais in The Jacobin @jacobinfeed

“Since 2014, Amazon has been pouring billions into Israel, contributing to illegal settlement programs and the relentless surveillance of Palestinians. Israel’s dystopian end goal: to compile biometric profiles and security ratings for every resident of the West Bank.”

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“The company claims the benefactors of Amazon Web Services (AWS) will be ‘Israeli entrepreneurs and businesses.’ In reality, the primary winner will be the military. AWS will expand ‘Project Nimbus,’ which provides the cloud service ecosystem for Israel, primarily serving the country’s military. (Google also invests in Project Nimbus.)”