Google fired employees who opposed cooperation with the Israeli regime
The American company Google fired 28 employees who participated in a 10-hour strike at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, in protest of its business cooperation with the Israeli army. |
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Google company On Wednesday, April 29, he fired a number of his employees because of their protest against the signing of the contract between the company and the Zionist regime.
Before this, American media reported It was reported that a sit-in by a group of Google employees in New York led to the arrest of 9 people. It is reported that the arrested employees have been released recently.
Protesters who are members of a group called “Technology is not for apartheid” asked Google to cancel the cloud computing contract called “Nimbus” which is worth 1.2 billion dollars. Cancel the Israeli regime.
Protesters believe that this agreement will facilitate the surveillance of the Zionist regime and increase the suffering of the Palestinian people. Earlier, the New York Times, citing its sources, reported that the Israeli regime has introduced an experimental facial recognition system in the Gaza Strip for mass surveillance of Palestinians.
A representative Israeli intelligence told this newspaper that the facial recognition system uses the technologies of the private Israeli company Corsight and Google Photos. And interfering with the work of other employees and violating the company’s policy.
Fired Google employees say they were informed about this issue through email and are shocked and angry by Google’s decision. ; One of the fired Google employees said: This is a very disproportionate response to employees who are defending ethics and holding Google accountable for its promises; Google’s action in firing protesting employees is a big change in how Google responds to its employees’ criticism.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |