Overview
- An internal petition organized by No Tech for Apartheid has drawn more than 900 full-time signers across 16 product areas, with about 30% from Google Cloud.
- Signatories demand disclosure of all dealings with DHS agencies, divestment from ICE and CBP, an emergency Q&A on government contracts, worker safety measures, and clear red lines for product use.
- Employees allege Google Cloud supports CBP surveillance and powers Palantir’s ImmigrationOS used by ICE, and claim DHS and CBP use Google’s generative AI for operational purposes.
- The petition cites recent killings by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis as a catalyst and reflects a renewed wave of tech worker activism reminiscent of past Google protests.
- Company leaders have not issued new policy commitments, and employees are also seeking protections after reports of immigration agents near Google sites, including the Cambridge campus.