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An even bigger irony is that one of major community moderators who is mad is an “ethical software engineer” working at Google.
by oivey 2y ago
An even bigger irony is that one of major community moderators who is mad is an “ethical software engineer” working at Google.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoBe the change you want to see within companies. Of course, these companies can - and have - fire the activist employees as well if they become too obstructing, like the ones that were protesting Google Cloud doing business with Israel: https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-employees-protest-israel-cloud-contract https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/17/24133700/google-fires-28-...
- ndriscoll 2y agoAn employee isn't going to change Google to exit the mass surveillance and mass propaganda businesses any sooner than they're going to change Raytheon to exit the missile business. It's fundamental to what the company does.
- pxc 2y agoThe relevant comment is misinformed. The person they're referring to without naming is Irene Knapp, who left Google (presumably over her qualms). She's named in some press articles about the Google walkouts in 2020, e.g.: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/google-revolt.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/goog...