Dozens of Google employees protest use of company’s tech for war in Gaza

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“I did not join Google to use the technology that I’m building towards a military,” said one Google employee during the protest.

Google employees and other demonstrators protest against the war in Gaza and Google’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in front of the Google offices in Sunnyvale, Calif. SUNNYVALE — A group of disappointed and angry Google employees protested outside a company building on Tuesday after it was reported that the search giant had deepened a contract with the Israeli government.

Google employee Emaan Haseem talks to the media as other demonstrators protest against the war in Gaza and Google’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in front of the Google offices in Sunnyvale, Calif. “I did not join Google to use the technology that I’m building towards a military,” Vachovsky said during the protest. “I also didn’t join Google to have my salary funded by technology and by contracts used by militaries,”

A man holds the Israeli flag as Google employees and other demonstrators protest against the war in Gaza and Google’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in front of the Google offices in Sunnyvale, Calif.

 

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