Editing Google (section)

=== Palestine ===

Google is also part of [[Project Nimbus]], a $1.2 billion deal in which the technology companies Google and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] will provide [[Israel]] and [[Israel Defense Forces|its military]] with artificial intelligence, [[machine learning]], and other cloud computing services, including building local [[Server farm|cloud sites]] that will "keep information within Israel's borders under strict security guidelines."<ref name="Grant2022">{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Nico |date=August 30, 2022 |title=Google Employee Who Played Key Role in Protest of Contract With Israel Quits |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/technology/google-employee-israel.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 30, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="Biddle2022">{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2022 |first=Sam |last=Biddle |title=Documents Reveal Advanced AI Tools Google Is Selling to Israel |url=https://theintercept.com/2022/07/24/google-israel-artificial-intelligence-project-nimbus/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=The Intercept |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Israel picks Amazon's AWS, Google for flagship cloud project |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-picks-amazons-aws-google-flagship-cloud-project-2021-04-21/ |access-date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> The contract has been criticized by shareholders and employees over concerns that the project could lead to human rights abuses against [[Palestinians]], in the context of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] and the disputed status of [[Palestinian territories]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2022 |first=Sam |last=Biddle |title=Google and Amazon Face Shareholder Revolt Over Israeli Defense Work |url=https://theintercept.com/2022/05/18/google-amazon-israel-military-nimbus/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=The Intercept |language=en}}</ref><ref name="TheGuardian2021">{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2021 |title=We are Google and Amazon workers. We condemn Project Nimbus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/12/google-amazon-workers-condemn-project-nimbus-israeli-military-contract |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> Ariel Koren, a former marketing manager for Google's educational products and an outspoken critic of the project, wrote that Google "systematically silences Palestinian, Jewish, Arab and Muslim voices concerned about Google's complicity in violations of Palestinian human rights—to the point of formally retaliating against workers and creating an environment of fear", and said she was retaliated against for organizing against the project.<ref name="Grant2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Koren |first=Ariel |date=August 30, 2022 |title=Google's Complicity in Israeli Apartheid: How Google Weaponizes "Diversity" to Silence Palestinians and Palestinian Human Rights Supporters |url=https://medium.com/@arielkoren/googles-complicity-in-israeli-apartheid-how-google-weaponizes-diversity-to-silence-palestinians-cb41b24ac423 |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=Medium |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830120248/https://medium.com/@arielkoren/googles-complicity-in-israeli-apartheid-how-google-weaponizes-diversity-to-silence-palestinians-cb41b24ac423 |archive-date= August 30, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2024, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that [[Google Photos]] was being used in a facial recognition program by [[Unit 8200]], a surveillance unit of the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]], to surveil [[Palestinians]] in the [[Gaza Strip]] amid the [[Gaza war]]. A Google spokesman commented that the service is free and "does not provide identities for unknown people in photographs".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frenkel |first=Sheera |date=March 27, 2024 |title=Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/technology/israel-facial-recognition-gaza.html |access-date=March 27, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On April 18, 2024, Google dismissed 28 employees who participated in protests against the company's involvement in [[Project Nimbus]], a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government to provide cloud computing and AI infrastructure, which the employees argued should not be used for military or intelligence services. The protesting employees, part of the group [[No Tech for Apartheid|No Tech For Apartheid]], staged sit-ins at Google's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Day of Action |url=https://www.notechforapartheid.com/dayofaction |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=www.notechforapartheid.com |language=en}}</ref> leading to disruptions and blockages within the company facilities.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 8, 2024 |title=Exclusive: Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Israel Contract |url=https://time.com/6964364/exclusive-no-tech-for-apartheid-google-workers-protest-project-nimbus-1-2-billion-contract-with-israel/ |access-date=April 20, 2024 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Google sacked staff protesting about contract with Israel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gqw1d37l4o |access-date=April 19, 2024 |website=www.bbc.com|date=April 18, 2024 }}</ref> This had followed reports of Israeli forces killing large numbers of Palestinian civilians while using own Lavender AI system to identify targets.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=McKernan |first1=Bethan |last2=Davies |first2=Harry |date=April 3, 2024 |title='The machine did it coldly': Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes |access-date=April 20, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Iraqi |first=Amjad |date=April 3, 2024 |title='Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza |url=https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/ |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=+972 Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>