Throngs of protesters blocked an entrance to Google's annual I/O conference for several hours early Tuesday (May 15) morning.
The protesting faction says that Project Nimbus, a US$1.2 billion contract awarded to Google and Amazon.com in 2021 to supply the Israeli government with cloud services, supports the development of military tools by the Israeli government.
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The protesting faction says that Project Nimbus, a US$1.2 billion contract awarded to Google and Amazon.com in 2021 to supply the Israeli government with cloud services, supports the development of military tools by the Israeli government.
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00:00 [Drumming]
00:12 The contract that Google and Amazon have with the Israeli government, Project Nimbus,
00:18 is being, it means that technology like artificial intelligence and cloud computing
00:25 are being used for direct harm. And that's really painful to me, and I don't think it needs to be that way.
00:32 [Drumming]
00:39 Project Nimbus is a 1.2 billion dollar contract with the Israeli government,
00:44 providing the Israeli government, including the Israeli military,
00:48 with access to a full suite of Google Cloud services.
00:53 This includes cloud computing, and this also includes advanced image recognition software.
01:01 We understand, however, that in the midst of not only the ongoing occupation of Palestine by Israel,
01:11 but the unfolding genocide that Israel is committing against Palestinians in Gaza,
01:16 that these technologies are going to be used principally in executing military operations against Palestinians.
01:25 These technologies are going to be used to facilitate the mass murder and the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians,
01:34 the mass surveillance of Palestinians.
01:36 We're murdering children!
01:38 Shame on Google!
01:40 We are sending a message that Google is the company that is providing the cloud infrastructure
01:47 for Israel's violent crimes against humanity, and so we will hold the company accountable for this behavior.
01:54 And you know what? This could all go away.
01:57 We could be quieted down if Google would do the bare minima and heed our calls and cancel this contract.
02:05 Google does not need to profit off of genocide. There is no reason, there is no need for Google to profit off of genocide.
02:12 And so our demands, they're not radical, they're not difficult, it's really simple.
02:17 Drop Project Nimbus and drop business with the government and the military of Israel that is guilty of genocide.
02:26 Shame on Google!
02:28 Shame on Google!
02:30 [Drumming]
02:34 [Silence]