The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by police after occupying Google offices on Tuesday.
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Google Workers Detained By Police for Protesting Cloud Contract with Israel
Videos show nine Google workers being removed by police from offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, after occupying them in protest against a cloud deal with Israel’s government.
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Transparency advocates say that Eric Schmidt’s pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest.
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