More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus

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More than 1,100 people have signed a pledge to refuse to work for Google and Amazon. The group No Tech for Apartheid (NOTA) is close to reaching its goal for a campaign asking students not to work with the companies. Google andAmazon won a $1.2 billion contract under Project Nimbus to provide the Israeli government and military with cloud computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence services.

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getthatmoneyyo

Feels like there would be 10 fold more that would take those jobs

justadevOP

That's the shame of a protest like this against a massive corporation. You're going to have many times more bootlickers.

getthatmoneyyo

This is where unions have a massive benefit for workers. You would have that negotiation power built in.

froggyweather

People are a bit delusional if they think governments like this aren't going to get the work done regardless. You'll do better trying to change things from within

justadevOP

So join the project and try to make it go your way? Seems like it would be tough on a project like this.

froggyweather

Could be but you would be able to continue fighting the more egregious stuff

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More than 1,000 students pledge not to work at Google and Amazon due to Project Nimbus

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