In 2021, Google was jointly awarded the $1.2bn cloud computing project Project Nimbus alongside Amazon. The project involves providing cloud services to the Israeli government and military, and “top Israeli officials appear to think the Google and Amazon contract provides important infrastructure for the country’s military.”
In October that year, a group of Google and Amazon employees began their No Tech for Apartheid campaign which has actively engaged in protesting Project Nimbus. In June 2024, announced a student pledge where “more than 1,100 self-identified STEM students and young workers from more than 120 universities have signed a pledge to not take jobs or internships at Google or Amazon until the companies end their involvement in Project Nimbus”.
A ‘DeGoogle’ movement has also emerged from growing public awareness of Google's privacy violations, including calls to use free and open-source (FOSS) alternatives where possible.
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