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Google Workers Detained by Police for Protesting Cloud Contract With Israel
Videos show nine Google workers being removed by police from offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, after occupying them in protest against a cloud deal with Israel’s government.
Nine Google workers were removed by police from company offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, late Tuesday after staging an hours-long sit-in protest against a cloud contract with Israel’s government. In the video from New York, a man who appears to be relaying a message from Google management informs the protesting workers that they have been placed on administrative leave and asks them to take the opportunity to depart peacefully. More than 600 other Googlers signed a petition opposing the company’s sponsorship of the conference and after Hatfield was fired three days later Google trust and safety policy employee Vidana Abdel Khalek resigned in protest.
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