Students at Stanford Protest Google's Ties to Israeli Military and ICE

Friends, a tech update: at Stanford’s commencement some students booed Sundar Pichai over Google’s involvement with the Israeli military and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

- TechCrunch reports the protest related to Google’s Project Nimbus and ICE collaboration; roughly 200 attendees left the ceremony.
- Student groups organized the action; Google previously fired 28 employees for protesting Nimbus.
- Critics, including the EFF, warn of reputational and ethical risks for cloud providers.

Why it matters: decisions on military and surveillance contracts affect reputation, staff morale and product adoption.

Will such protests change corporate policy?

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