Google fired an employee who protested this week at an Israeli tech event, and also shuttered an internal discussion board that filled up with dissent.
Google fired an employee who disrupted an Israel executive's conference keynote this week, CNBC has learned.
Google's role as a provider of technology to militaries in the U.S. and abroad has been a source of workforce consternation since at least 2018, when employees protested a Defense Department contract calledThe escalation of the Middle East conflict over the past five months has increased the tension level at Google even further.
A Google spokesperson said the employee was fired for "interfering with an official company-sponsored event" in an email to CNBC on Thursday. "This behavior is not okay, regardless of the issue, and the employee was terminated for violating our policies." The spokesperson didn't specify which policies were violated.Google is far from alone among U.S. companies in facing increased pressure since the latest war broke out between Hamas and Israel.
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