Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now.
From AI to cloud services to propaganda, Big Tech is fueling the genocide in Gaza.
Google and Amazon signed a joint contract worth $1.2 billion with the Israeli government. Microsoft has offered many services to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as well, including a now-cancelled contract for “near limitless storage capacity” with Israel’s surveillance agency. The results of these agreements have been devastating.
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Google Photos is being used for its facial recognition technology to target Palestinians in Gaza.
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Google and Amazon’s AI “Project Nimbus” is being used by Israel’s Ministry of Defense to perpetrate human rights violations.
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Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform was used to collect and store millions of cellphone communications going in and out of Gaza and the West Bank.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has a $45 million deal with Google to spread propaganda on YouTube and other platforms denying that the Israeli government’s blockades on humanitarian aid and food have caused a famine in Gaza.
These private companies shouldn’t be aiding in genocide or abetting the killing of civilians.
Historically, pressure on corporations has had a huge impact on ending apartheid around the globe, including the campaign in the 1980s to end apartheid in South Africa.
Now, thanks to reports uncovering that the Azure technology was being used to research and identify bombing targets in Gaza, Microsoft has cut off access to services used by the IDF for this specific surveillance project and suspended use of some AI products. That’s a great start, but Microsoft continues to provide other services to Israel’s government even as the assault on Gaza continues unrelentingly.
Google and Microsoft workers have been fired for voicing their concerns over how their employers are supporting genocide. Google fired 28 employees who had joined a No Tech for Apartheid group and organized an employee sit-in at Google offices in Silicon Valley, New York, and Seattle. Microsoft recently fired workers involved in protests at its Seattle offices.
It’s time for Big Tech to feel pressure from the American people.
Click “Start Writing” to send a message to the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon demanding they cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now.