Tech Justice Law, the Abolitionist Law Center, and the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter notifying Google and its executive leadership of its potential liability for aiding and abetting atrocity crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian population of Gaza. Israel’s military assault on Gaza over the last 2.5 years has been called the world’s first “AI-powered genocide.” As the letter explains, Google is one of two companies selling the Israeli government cloud computing and AI services under a contractual framework called Project Nimbus, which has provided technical infrastructure used to commit the gravest of atrocities in Gaza.
“Google has repeatedly chosen profit over Palestinian lives, continuing to assist Israel under Project Nimbus even as Israeli officials openly acknowledged that Nimbus was essential to powering their assault on Gaza,” said Madeline Batt, Legal Fellow at Tech Justice Law. “Google must abide by its obligations under international and domestic law.”
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