Google Invokes Police Presence to Restrain Employees Demonstrating Against Israeli Business Deals, Revokes Badge Privileges

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Nine Google workers were arrested in New York City and Sunnyvale, California on Tuesday night after an hours-long sit-in protest against their company’s contracts with Israel, a spokesperson from No Tech For Apartheid tells Gizmodo.

The sit-ins lasted for hours, drawing large crowds outside of Google’s headquarters for bystanders to protest the company’s alleged role in the Israel and Palestine war.

The Google workers protested their company’s $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract, which supplies AI and cloud computing services to the Israeli government and military.

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Author / Journalist: Maxwell Zeff

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesIsrael

Topics: Eddie hatfield Chaya raichick Project nimbus Alphabet inc Social issues Labor Sit in Marc andreessen Google

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News Sentiment: Negative

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Published On: 2024-04-17 @ 14:41:00 (1 weeks ago)

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