In response to the country’s ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of protesters obtained the access to Google’s creator conference on Tuesday, calling for the tech giant to stop cooperating with the Israeli government.
The group calling itself No Tech for Genocide, which claims Israel is responsible for committing a murder against Palestinians in Gaza, protested the Google I/O meeting in Mountain View, California on Tuesday. The party held two activities, including a march at a local area and a rally at the tournament’s gate, where about 90 people gathered for 90 minutes, chanting slogans and holding signs.
Pro- Hamas demonstrators at Google function
The opposition at Google’s designer conference began at around 9: 30 a. m., with protesters moving toward a case station, leading to the league’s entrance being closed. Participants were redirected, causing a pause in the game’s proceedings.
Protesters demanded that Google renounce its agreement to use Project Nimbus, a cloud computing service with the Jewish state. They think the Israeli government is using the technology of the company to monitor Palestinians in Gaza using facial recognition, leading to the arrest and detention of Palestinians. Google has stated that its technologies is used to support various international governments, and that the Nimbus contract is only for work done on its business cloud system and not for sensitive or military-related tasks.
Ariel Koren, a former Google staff, one of the protesters, said to the group,” We want to make sure that every person who comes here and who may think that today is a moment about celebrating technological progress needs to understand that the reality is little darker than what Google has painted.” Koren claims that the business punched her in 2021 after she expressed concerns about the agreement. No retaliation was found in the case, despite Google’s investigation.
After witnessing the demonstration, software security engineer Andres Haro expressed his concern, saying,” I think it’s worth a shot to listen to others when they have a point of view.” Haro shared his plan to research Project Nimbus further, indicating the protest’s impact on attendees.
Roni Zeiger, who participated in the rally on Tuesday at Charleston Park, near the Google event, stated,” We’re asking more questions about what role we and our employers are playing in the world. World events have continued to evolve, and … people, including employees, are asking harder questions and wanting to work at places that are consistent with their values”.
The protest at Google’s developer conference was a parallel to Palestinians ‘ commemoration of their exile in the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. Additionally, following sit-ins and protests that took place at Google office locations last month against Project Nimbus, more than 50 employees were fired as a result of the protest.
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For Breitbart News, Lucas Nolan reports on issues involving free speech and online censorship.
