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Google co-founder Sergey Brin calls U.N. ‘transparently antisemitic’ after report on tech firms and Gaza (www.washingtonpost.com)

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His comments came in response to a U.N. report released last month that alleged technology firms including Google and its parent company Alphabet had profited from “the genocide carried out by Israel” in Gaza by providing cloud and AI technologies to the Israeli government and military.

“With all due respect, throwing around the term genocide in relation to Gaza is deeply offensive to many Jewish people who have suffered actual genocides. I would also be careful citing transparently antisemitic organizations like the UN in relation to these issues,” Brin wrote in a forum for staff at Google DeepMind, the company’s artificial intelligence division, where workers were debating the report, according to the screenshots.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 days ago

Genocide is not exclusive to Jewish victims. It is not anti-Semitic to say that.

Genocide can be committed by anyone. It is not anti-Semitic to say that.

Genocide is being committed by Israel's military against the people in Gaza. It is not anti-Semitic to say that... but it is sad.

It is even sadder that my government, instead of stopping them, continues to help Israel commit genocide.