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[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel  The Seattle Times Google fires 20 more employees involved in protests of Israeli contract  San Francisco Chronicle Google firing office protesters shows tide is turning as ‘bosses are losing patience’ with activist employees  Fox News Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel  The Washington Post Sundar Pichai tells Google staff he doesn’t want any more political debates in the office after firing 28 employees over …  Yahoo Finance Google’s firings show bringing your whole self to work isn’t great  Business Insider Source link

There was more internal controversy this week, also tied to the crisis in Gaza. Ahead of an International Women’s Day Summit in Silicon Valley on Thursday, Google’s employee message board was hit with an influx of staffer comments about the company’s military contracts with Israel. The online forum, which was going to be used to help inform what questions were asked of executives at the event, was shut down for what a spokesperson described to CNBC as “divisive content that is disruptive to… Source link

Posted: Feb 19, 2021 / 08:16 PM EST / Updated: Feb 19, 2021 / 08:16 PM EST MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google has fired a leader of its artificial intelligence ethics team in the fallout from the recent departure of another former employee involved in the same field. The internet company confirmed the firing Friday after Margaret Mitchell announced her ouster on Twitter. The firing comes a month after Mitchell also vented on Twitter about the… Source link