~Elizabeth~
04-19-2024, 07:44 AM
Google has fired 28 workers who protested against the company's ties with the Israeli government amid the continuing war in Gaza. The Silicon Valley-based tech giant claimed that defiant employees were disrupting the normal work process.
Physically impeding other employee work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies, and completely unacceptable behavior, Google spokesperson said in a statement to the media on Wednesday. After refusing multiple requests to leave the premises, law enforcement was engaged to remove them to ensure office safety.
Some employees have been publicly speaking out since 2021 against Project Nimbus, a large cloud computing contract Google and Amazon received from the Israeli government. Time magazine reported this month that Israels Defense Ministry has a security entry point to Google Cloud and its AI services.
The Israeli military's ties with big tech have faced additional scrutiny after +972 Magazine and news website Local Call cited intelligence sources in early April as saying that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) use a secret AI program called Lavender to identify human targets during its ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza.
Although the IDF stated that such programs are merely tools for analysis and that it does not rely on AI to pick targets for strikes, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply troubled by the report.
Google fires anti-Israel employees Google fires anti-Israel employees — RT World News (https://www.rt.com/news/596222-google-fires-israel-protesters/)
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/)
Physically impeding other employee work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies, and completely unacceptable behavior, Google spokesperson said in a statement to the media on Wednesday. After refusing multiple requests to leave the premises, law enforcement was engaged to remove them to ensure office safety.
Some employees have been publicly speaking out since 2021 against Project Nimbus, a large cloud computing contract Google and Amazon received from the Israeli government. Time magazine reported this month that Israels Defense Ministry has a security entry point to Google Cloud and its AI services.
The Israeli military's ties with big tech have faced additional scrutiny after +972 Magazine and news website Local Call cited intelligence sources in early April as saying that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) use a secret AI program called Lavender to identify human targets during its ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza.
Although the IDF stated that such programs are merely tools for analysis and that it does not rely on AI to pick targets for strikes, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was deeply troubled by the report.
Google fires anti-Israel employees Google fires anti-Israel employees — RT World News (https://www.rt.com/news/596222-google-fires-israel-protesters/)
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/)