Google staff protest company's partnership with Israeli government as war continues

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A group of employees at Google offices held demonstrations in New York and California.

by JAMEL VALENCIA | The National DeskMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - MAY 4: Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California is shown in this photo on May 4, 2004. Google Inc., the world's No. 1 Web search provider, filed with U.S. regulators on April 29, 2004 to become a publicly listed company and sell as much as $2.7 billion in stock in a widely expected initial public offering.

"I would not like to lose my job, but I think it is impossible for me to continue coming into work every week without acknowledging and loudly condemning Project Nimbus any support for the Israeli Government," Emaan Haseem, a Google Software Engineer, told KGO., a spokesperson for Google said a small number of employees participated along other who don't work for the company.According to the spokesperson, the protesters were asked to leave "multiple" times.

According to Google, Israeli government ministries have to comply to its "Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy."

 

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