Google has become the latest company that appears to be moving away from encouraging its employees to take part in political activism following backlash.
A handful of the 50 fired employees say Google has a role in 'AI-powered genocide in Palestine,' but Google says Project Nimbus is not 'related to weapons or intelligence services.'
A spokesperson for Google confirmed it had fired more workers after continuing its investigation into the April 16 protests, which included sit-ins at Google’s offices in New York City and Sunnyvale,
Google CEO Sundar Pichai made it clear that disrupting the company's offices to make political statements would not be tolerated after anti-Israel protesters staged sit-ins last week.
Google confirmed it has fired additional employees for being involved in protests at the tech company's Sunnyvale and New York City offices to oppose a $1.2 billion contract with Israel.
The group that led protests last week at Google over a cloud computing contract with Israel said more Google workers were fired, bringing the total to more than 50.
No Tech for Apartheid, the organizers of the Google protest, claims some of the workers fired were “non-participating bystanders,” and not actively involved in the workplace activism.
Google has terminated 50 employees, including at least 20 following pro-Palestinian protests, citing involvement in disruptive activity. Protesters claim that the company is allegedly enabling the Israeli government to surveil Palestinians and force them off their land.
Google has fired more employees who protested against its $1.2bn contract with Israel, the company confirmed to The Independent on Tuesday. The company declined to say how many employees had been let go but The Washington Post reported that the number is around 20.
Google has been firing employees who are protesting against the company’s military contracts with Israel. The company has let 20 employees go this week. Google terminates 20 employees for “disruptive activities” inside buildings Google has terminated the employment of 20 of its employees this week.
Jason Greer, Greer Consulting founder and president, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss news of Google firing 28 employees after a series of protests over the company's contract to provide thet Israeli government and military with cloud computing and AI services,
Google has fired an additional 20 employees who participated in a protest last week against the company’s defense contract with the Israeli government. This brings the total number of employees laid off due to the protest to 50,
Google has fired more than 20 additional workers following last week’s protests over the tech giant’s cloud computing contract with the Israeli government, the group that organized the protests said Monday night.
Google fired at least 20 more workers following protests last week at the tech giant’s offices over its ties to Israel — bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the employees said.
The protests, which initially erupted at Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, last week, garnered attention as workers voiced their opposition to the company's participation in "Project Nimbus.
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Google despidió a otros 20 trabajadores que, según afirma, participaron en las protestas de la semana pasada por el contrato de servicios de computación en nube de la empres