Google employees send open letter to company’s top execs; say: We are speaking up today as Googler to tell that in cities across America … – The Times of India

Almost 1,000 Google employees have signed an open letter demanding that the company cut ties with the US Department of Homeland Security due to the Donald Trump administration. The petition cites Google contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection CBP), and alleges that the company’s technology is being used to power “state violence and repression”.The employees are demanding an immediate Q&A session regarding Google’s Homeland Security and military contracts, and are seeking disclosure of the company’s ties and “red lines” around use of its products for what they call ‘state violence’ and ‘repression’. Calling more employees to sign the letter, it says, “Once we have enough signers, we will send the petition to leadership and try to get a company-wide response.” As to who these employees are, the petition says: We are Google workers affiliated with No Tech for Apartheid that are fed up with watching our leadership betray our…