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Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in Google Cloud CEO's office

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Key Focus

  • "Google Cloud supports numerous governments around the world in countries where we operate, including the Israeli government, with our generally available cloud computing services," a Google spokesperson told CNBC, adding, "This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services." ...
  • The protests, led by the "No Tech for Apartheid" organization, focused on Project Nimbus - Google and Amazon's joint $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing services, including artificial intelligence tools, data centers and other cloud infrastructure ...

    • No momentum supporting factor found

    Challenge supporting factors

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  • (google,engineer)
  • (google,workers)
  • (google,software)
  • (google,new_york_city)
  • (workers,company)
  • (workers,stop)
  • (workers,safety)
  • (workers,potential)
  • (workers,labor)
  • (workers,health)
  • (workers,google_cloud)
  • (workers,crisis)
  • (workers,campaign)

    • Work-in-progress supporting factors

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  • (google,services,government,military)
  • (google,services,government,intelligence)
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  • (google,military,project_nimbus)
  • (google,services,government,project_nimbus)
  • (google,services,project_nimbus)

    • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report4.80 0.00 95.21

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
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    (9) (google,government,the_new_york_times)46.26
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    (12) (google,government,project_nimbus)44.01
    (13) (google,military,project_nimbus)43.52
    (14) (google,services,government,project_nimbus)42.02
    (15) (google,services,project_nimbus)41.52
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    (18) (google,government,intelligence)37.66
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    (20) (google,google_cloud)34.29
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    (23) (google,government,infrastructure)33.42
    (24) (google,military,infrastructure)32.17
    (25) (google,services,government,infrastructure)31.67
    (26) (google,services,infrastructure)30.42
    (27) (military,infrastructure)30.30
    (28) (google,government,google_cloud)29.55
    (29) (google,military,company)29.55
    (30) (google,services,google_cloud)28.80
    (31) (google,services,government,google_cloud)28.43
    (32) (google,government,expand)28.18
    (33) (google,services,government,expand)26.43
    (34) (google,military,government)25.81
    (35) (google,government,artificial)24.94
    (36) (google,military,artificial)22.94
    (37) (google,services,artificial)22.07
    (38) (google,services,government,artificial)21.70
    (39) (military,artificial)20.07
    (40) (google,government,apartheid)19.95
    (41) (google,engineer)18.58
    (42) (google,services,apartheid)18.08
    (43) (google,services,government,apartheid)17.71
    (44) (military,apartheid)16.21
    (45) (google,services,expand)15.84
    (46) (google,employee,company)15.59
    (47) (google,military,international)14.21
    (48) (military,government)11.35
    (49) (google,military,employee)11.22
    (50) (military,employee)10.47
    (51) (google,employee,contracts)10.35
    (52) (google,military,contracts)9.73
    (53) (google,workers)9.60
    (54) (google,employee,project_nimbus)8.73
    (55) (new_york,google,project_nimbus)7.98
    (56) (google,employee,opposition)7.48
    (57) (new_york,google,opposition)7.23
    (58) (workers,company)7.11
    (59) (new_york,opposition)6.86
    (60) (google,employee,evidence)6.73
    (61) (new_york,evidence)6.48
    (62) (new_york,google,evidence)6.36
    (63) (google,employee,ariel_koren)5.99
    (64) (new_york,ariel_koren)5.36
    (65) (new_york,google,ariel_koren)5.24
    (66) (google,software)4.61
    (67) (google,new_york_city)4.49
    (68) (google,israel)4.36
    (69) (google,ibraheem)4.24
    (70) (workers,stop)3.37
    (71) (workers,safety)3.24
    (72) (workers,potential)3.12
    (73) (workers,labor)2.99
    (74) (new_york,sit-in)2.87
    (75) (workers,health)2.87
    (76) (workers,google_cloud)2.74
    (77) (workers,crisis)2.62
    (78) (workers,campaign)2.49
    (79) (new_york,employee)2.37
    (80) (new_york,google,employee)2.12
    (81) (new_york,security)1.25
    (82) (new_york,protest)1.12
    (83) (military,services)1.12
    (84) (new_york,project_nimbus)1.00
    (85) (new_york,arrested)0.87
    (86) (new_york,agitation)0.75
    (87) (military,contracts)0.25
    (88) (military,company)0.12

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • In January at the U.N.'s top court, Israel rejected genocide charges brought by South Africa.. . The Israeli Ministry of Defense reportedly sought consulting services from Google to expand its access to Google Cloud services. Google Photos is one platform used by the Israeli government to conduct surveillance in Gaza, according to The New York Times ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,services,expand)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (expand,google,government,services) [inferred]
        • (google,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (expand,google,government) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Security asked workers to remove their banner, which spanned two floors, about an hour into the protest, according to Hasan Ibraheem, a Google software engineer based in New York City and one of the arrested workers.. . "I realized, 'Oh, the place that I work at is very complicit and aiding in this genocide - I have a responsibility to act against it,"Hasan Ibraheem, a Google software engineer based in New York City, told CNBC ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,software)
        • (google,engineer)
        • (google,new_york_city)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in Google Cloud CEO's office. . . Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,workers)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • . The workers were also protesting their labor conditions - namely "that the company stop the harassment, intimidation, bullying, silencing, and censorship of Palestinian, Arab, Muslim Googlers - and that the company address the health and safety crisis workers, especially those in Google Cloud, are facing due to the potential impacts of their work," according to a release by the campaign ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,company)
        • (workers,stop)
        • (workers,labor)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • The workers were also protesting their labor conditions - namely "that the company stop the harassment, intimidation, bullying, silencing, and censorship of Palestinian, Arab, Muslim Googlers - and that the company address the health and safety crisis workers, especially those in Google Cloud, are facing due to the potential impacts of their work," according to a release by the campaign ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,crisis)
        • (workers,health)
        • (workers,google_cloud)
        • (workers,safety)

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • The workers were also protesting their labor conditions - namely "that the company stop the harassment, intimidation, bullying, silencing, and censorship of Palestinian, Arab, Muslim Googlers - and that the company address the health and safety crisis workers, especially those in Google Cloud, are facing due to the potential impacts of their work," according to a release by the campaign. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,potential)
        • (workers,campaign)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The protests, led by the "No Tech for Apartheid" organization, focused on Project Nimbus - Google and Amazon's joint $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing services, including artificial intelligence tools, data centers and other cloud infrastructure ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,services,apartheid)
        • (google,services,cloud)
        • (google,government,project_nimbus)
        • (google,military,cloud)
        • (google,project_nimbus)
        • (google,services,government,project_nimbus)
        • (google,services,military)
        • (google,services,government,apartheid)
        • (military,cloud)
        • (military,project_nimbus)
        • (military,government)
        • (google,services,government,cloud)
        • (google,military,government)
        • (military,apartheid)
        • (google,government,apartheid)
        • (google,services,government,military)
        • (google,government,cloud)
        • (google,services,project_nimbus)
        • (google,military,project_nimbus)
        • Inferred entity relationships (25)
        • (government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (google,military,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence) [inferred]
        • (google,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
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        • (google,project_nimbus) [inferred]
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        • (google,government,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (google,government,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (military,services) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,government) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,government,services) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,military) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,services) [inferred]
        • (apartheid,google,government,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure) [inferred]
        • (apartheid,google,services) [inferred]
        • (google,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence,services) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "Google Cloud supports numerous governments around the world in countries where we operate, including the Israeli government, with our generally available cloud computing services," a Google spokesperson told CNBC, adding, "This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (military,services)
        • (google,services,government,cloud)
        • (google,military,government)
        • Inferred entity relationships (14)
        • (government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,government) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,military) [inferred]
        • (cloud,google,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Google Photos is one platform used by the Israeli government to conduct surveillance in Gaza, according to The New York Times. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,services,government,the_new_york_times)
        • (google,government,the_new_york_times)
        • (google,services,the_new_york_times)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (google,government,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "Google Cloud supports numerous governments around the world in countries where we operate, including the Israeli government, with our generally available cloud computing services," a Google spokesperson told CNBC, adding, "This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,services,government,military)
        • (google,services,government,intelligence)
        • Inferred entity relationships (12)
        • (government,military) [inferred]
        • (military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The protests, led by the "No Tech for Apartheid" organization, focused on Project Nimbus - Google and Amazon's joint $1.2 billion contract to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing services, including artificial intelligence tools, data centers and other cloud infrastructure. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,military,infrastructure)
        • (google,services,infrastructure)
        • (google,services,government,infrastructure)
        • (military,services)
        • (google,government,intelligence)
        • (google,services,intelligence)
        • (google,services,government,artificial)
        • (google,government,artificial)
        • (military,intelligence)
        • (google,military,artificial)
        • (google,services,artificial)
        • (google,government,infrastructure)
        • (military,infrastructure)
        • (google,military,intelligence)
        • (google,services,government,intelligence)
        • (military,artificial)
        • Inferred entity relationships (23)
        • (artificial,google,government,services) [inferred]
        • (google,infrastructure,services) [inferred]
        • (infrastructure,military) [inferred]
        • (google,intelligence,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (google,infrastructure,military) [inferred]
        • (intelligence,military) [inferred]
        • (google,military,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence) [inferred]
        • (google,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (artificial,google,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (artificial,google,government) [inferred]
        • (google,intelligence,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
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        • (google,government,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence,services) [inferred]
        • (artificial,google,services) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The Israeli Ministry of Defense reportedly sought consulting services from Google to expand its access to Google Cloud services. Google Photos is one platform used by the Israeli government to conduct surveillance in Gaza, according to The New York Times ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,services,google_cloud)
        • (google,government,google_cloud)
        • (google,services,government,google_cloud)
        • (google,google_cloud)
        • (google,services,government,expand)
        • (google,government,expand)
        • Inferred entity relationships (17)
        • (expand,google,government,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,google_cloud,government,services) [inferred]
        • (google,google_cloud) [inferred]
        • (expand,google,government) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence) [inferred]
        • (google,government,military) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure) [inferred]
        • (google,google_cloud,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,infrastructure,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (google,government,intelligence,services) [inferred]
        • (google,government,services,the_new_york_times) [inferred]
        • (expand,google,services) [inferred]
        • (google,google_cloud,government) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That same week, an internal Google employee message board was shut down after staffers posted comments about the company's Israeli military contracts. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,employee,company)
        • (google,military,company)
        • (google,military,contracts)
        • (google,employee,contracts)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (employee,google,opposition) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,new_york) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,military) [inferred]
        • (google,military,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,military,services) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "And I hold that opinion because Google is an international company and no matter which military it's with, there are always going to be people on the receiving end ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,military,company)
        • (google,military,international)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (google,military,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,military,services) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That same week, an internal Google employee message board was shut down after staffers posted comments about the company's Israeli military contracts ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,military,employee)
        • (military,employee)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (employee,google,opposition) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,new_york) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,military,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,military,services) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Last month, Google Cloud engineer Eddie Hatfield interrupted a keynote speech from the managing director of Google's Israel business stating, "I refuse to build technology that powers genocide." Hatfield was subsequently fired ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,google_cloud)
        • (google,engineer)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (google,google_cloud,services) [inferred]
        • (google,google_cloud,government,services) [inferred]
        • (google,google_cloud,government) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I think what happened yesterday is evidence that Google's attempts to suppress all of the voices of opposition to this contract are not only not working but actually having the opposite effect," Ariel Koren, a former Google employee who resigned in 2022 after leading efforts to oppose the Project Nimbus contract, told CNBC. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,employee,project_nimbus)
        • (google,project_nimbus)
        • (new_york,google,project_nimbus)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (employee,google,opposition) [inferred]
        • (google,new_york,opposition) [inferred]
        • (google,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,new_york) [inferred]
        • (new_york,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,project_nimbus,services) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,military) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I think what happened yesterday is evidence that Google's attempts to suppress all of the voices of opposition to this contract are not only not working but actually having the opposite effect," Ariel Koren, a former Google employee who resigned in 2022 after leading efforts to oppose the Project Nimbus contract, told CNBC ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (new_york,google,evidence)
        • (google,employee,opposition)
        • (new_york,google,opposition)
        • (new_york,opposition)
        • (new_york,google,employee)
        • (new_york,evidence)
        • (google,employee,evidence)
        • (google,employee,ariel_koren)
        • (new_york,employee)
        • (new_york,ariel_koren)
        • (new_york,google,ariel_koren)
        • Inferred entity relationships (8)
        • (employee,google,opposition) [inferred]
        • (new_york,opposition) [inferred]
        • (google,new_york,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (evidence,google,new_york) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,new_york) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,project_nimbus) [inferred]
        • (google,new_york,opposition) [inferred]
        • (employee,google,military) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The arrests, which were livestreamed on Twitch by participants, follow rallies outside Google offices in New York, Sunnyvale and Seattle, which attracted hundreds of attendees, according to workers involved. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,workers)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Ibraheem added, "The fact that I am receiving money from Google and Israel is paying Google -- I am receiving part of that money, and that weighed very heavily on me." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,israel)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I realized, 'Oh, the place that I work at is very complicit and aiding in this genocide - I have a responsibility to act against it,"Hasan Ibraheem, a Google software engineer based in New York City, told CNBC. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (google,ibraheem)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (workers,company)
        • (new_york,sit-in)
        • (new_york,arrested)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "It's really just creating more agitation, more anger and more commitment.". . The New York sit-in started at noon ET and ended around 9:30 p.m. ET. Security asked workers to remove their banner, which spanned two floors, about an hour into the protest, according to Hasan Ibraheem, a Google software engineer based in New York City and one of the arrested workers ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (new_york,sit-in)
        • (new_york,security)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Nine Google workers were arrested on trespassing charges Tuesday night after staging a sit-in at the company's offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, including a protest in Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (new_york,protest)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I think what happened yesterday is evidence that Google's attempts to suppress all of the voices of opposition to this contract are not only not working but actually having the opposite effect," Ariel Koren, a former Google employee who resigned in 2022 after leading efforts to oppose the Project Nimbus contract, told CNBC. "It's really just creating more agitation, more anger and more commitment." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (new_york,project_nimbus)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "I think what happened yesterday is evidence that Google's attempts to suppress all of the voices of opposition to this contract are not only not working but actually having the opposite effect," Ariel Koren, a former Google employee who resigned in 2022 after leading efforts to oppose the Project Nimbus contract, told CNBC. "It's really just creating more agitation, more anger and more commitment.". . The New York sit-in started at noon ET and ended around 9:30 p.m ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (new_york,agitation)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "Google Cloud supports numerous governments around the world in countries where we operate, including the Israeli government, with our generally available cloud computing services," a Google spokesperson told CNBC, adding, "This work is not directed at highly sensitive, classified, or military workloads relevant to weapons or intelligence services.". . The demonstrations show Google's increased pressure from workers who oppose military use of its AI and cloud technology ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (military,intelligence)

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      • That same week, an internal Google employee message board was shut down after staffers posted comments about the company's Israeli military contracts. A spokesperson at the time described the posts as "divisive content that is disruptive to our workplace." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (military,contracts)
        • (military,company)