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Re:Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, L... by BrandonMarc on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @05:40PM (#17667258)
> unless they’re going to engage in coordinated labor action like they did with the drone program.

What was this?

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Re:Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, L... by svachalek on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @05:59PM (#17667431)
I believe this is in reference to employees quitting over the company's participation in the development of artificially intelligent weapons.
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Re:Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, L... by knuththetruth on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @06:05PM (#17667491)
That was a big part of it, but there were also several other coordinated, internal campaigns. Here’s a good account by one of the Googlers involved:

https://jacobinmag.com/2018/06/google-project-maven-military...

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