Google fired an employee who protested its contract with the Israeli military
Illustration: The Verge Google has fired an employee who publicly protested the company’s work for the Israeli military. During a presentation by an executive with Google’s Israel branch on Monday, the now-former Google Cloud engineer stood up and shouted, “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance.” Google confirmed the firing, which was first reported by CNBC, in an email to The Verge. “Earlier this week, an employee disrupted a coworker who was giving a presentation — interfering with an official company-sponsored event,” Google spokesperson Bailey Tomson says in an emailed statement. “This behavior is not okay, regardless of the issue, and the employee was terminated for violating our policies.” BREAKING—PRO-PALESTINE @googlecloud ... Continue reading…
谷歌解雇了公开抗议公司为以色列军方工作的员工。该员工在谷歌以色列分部的一次演讲中站起来大喊：“我拒绝开发支持种族灭绝或监视的技术。”谷歌证实了这一解雇，并表示该员工因违反公司政策而被解雇。该员工抗议的是以色列政府与谷歌和亚马逊签订的一个价值12亿美元的云服务合同。数百名谷歌和亚马逊员工发表了一封公开信，反对这项交易，称这些技术“进一步监视和非法收集巴勒斯坦人的数据”。
