"Google Workers Protest Israel Contracts and Project Nimbus, Face Arrest and Badge Access Cuts"

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Nine Google workers were arrested and placed on administrative leave after staging sit-in protests against the company's contracts with Israel, resulting in their badge access being cut and work accounts suspended. The protestors were demonstrating against Google's $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract supplying AI and cloud computing services to the Israeli government and military. The tech community has shown mixed reactions, with some supporting the protestors and others criticizing them, while previous protests have led to employees facing penalties, including termination.
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- We are Google and Amazon workers. We condemn Project Nimbus The Guardian
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