Google fires engineer after pro-Palestine protest
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Google has fired a cloud software engineer who disrupted a conference in New York city to protest against the company’s contract with the Israeli government.
An unidentified man in an orange Google shirt stood up during a keynote speech by Barak Regev, head of Google Israel, at the Mind the Tech conference on Monday, March 4.“Project Nimbus puts Palestinian community members in danger.
No cloud apartheid. No cloud for apartheid, no tech for apartheid! Free Palestine!,” he shouted as security escorted him out.
BREAKING—PRO-PALESTINE @googlecloud ENGINEER DISRUPTS @Google ISRAEL DIRECTOR AT GOOGLE-SPONSORED ISRAELI TECH CONFERENCE IN NYC.
— No Tech For Apartheid (@NoTechApartheid) March 4, 2024
The worker demanded that Google STOP using worker labor to power genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. #NoTechForApartheid pic.twitter.com/t2mqCqFFay