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> “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide!” he yelled, referring to Google’s Project Nimbus contract Well, then Google did him a favor by firing him
by surgical_fire 3y ago
> “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide!” he yelled, referring to Google’s Project Nimbus contract
Well, then Google did him a favor by firing him. Saved him from hypocrisy, since he could have quit long before that.
- secondary_op 3y agoThe spice must flow. > Under a $1.2 billion contract, technology companies Google (Google Cloud Platform) and Amazon (Amazon Web Services) were selected to provide Israeli government agencies with cloud computing services, including artificial intelligence and machine learning. > A Republican plan, approved by the United States House of Representatives, allocates $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel. > Julian Assange speaking in 2011: "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war" https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1581698912447975424 https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1581698912447975424 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nimbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Nimbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Israel_in_the_Israel–Hamas_war#:~:text=A%20Republican%20plan%2C%20approved%20by,with%20aid%20exceeding%20%24124%20billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Isra....