Google employees protest role they claim company has in 'AI-powered genocide' in Gaza

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A group of employees occupied Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office -- sharing letters from fellow workers during a live stream speaking out against the harassment, mistreatment and censorship of Palestinian, Arab and Muslim Googlers.

Dustin DorseyDemonstrators are targeting Google Tuesday at their main offices here in the Bay Area as well as in New York and Seattle, demanding they stop doing business with Israel.Following a day of action in the Bay Area, Google employees protested the war in Gaza in front of their offices across the country.

Pro-Palestinian protesters blockaded the Golden Gate Bridge for hours, sending the Monday morning commute into chaos. Among the organizers demands is a stop to the billion-dollar Google Cloud AI contract with the Israeli government named Project Nimbus.

 

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