‘Google has no scruples’: Israeli military contract sparks protest

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A protest erupted on Tuesday, August 29, at a Google Cloud’s conference in San Francisco, as employees critical of the company’s contract with Israel’s military sought to ratchet up pressure at the company’s annual showcase of its latest products and technology. Protesters lined up as attendees of the annual Google Cloud Next conference flowed out of the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco for a scheduled 5 pm happy hour, having wrapped up speaker sessions and workshops for the day. Some 30 protesters, including former Google employees and local community activists, chained themselves tog…

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