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Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over controversial Project Nimbus contract with Israel
Google has terminated the employment of 28 employees following a prolonged sit-in protest at the company's Sunnyvale and New York offices.
The controversial project, which also reportedly includes the provision of advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, allegedly has strict contractual stipulations that prevent Google and Amazon from bowing to boycott pressure — this effectively means that they must continue providing services to Israel no matter what. Google executives have ignored our concerns about our ethical responsibility for the impact of our technology as well as the damage to our workplace health and safety caused by this contract, and the company’s internal environment of retaliation, harassment, and bullying. Google continues to claim, as of yesterday, that Project Nimbus is “not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services.” Yet, reporting from TIME Magazine proves otherwise.
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