Where's that "Two Button" Meme?
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https://www.wired.com/story/google-fires-twenty-eight-workers-for-protesting-cloud-deal-with-israel/
Google fired 28 employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon.
Workers at both companies have claimed the deal makes advanced technology available to Israel’s security apparatus that could contribute to the killing and harming of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The Intercept and Time have reported that Project Nimbus provides services that can be tapped by the Israel Defense Forces.
The 28 firings, confirmed by Google, come hours after nine employees were detained by police late Tuesday for sit-in protests in the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale, California, as well as a company office in New York. All nine of those workers were fired, in addition to 19 other protest participants.
