Curious (or not?) that one of FOSDEM 2026's sponsors is google, which provides part of the tech infrastructure for israel to commit genocide in Palestine through its participation in project Nimbus...

some refs:

• Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel
• Documents Reveal Advanced AI Tools Google Is Selling to Israel
• The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel's Military
• No tech for apartheid

#FOSDEM #NoTechForApartheid #NoTechForGenocide #FOSDEM2026

#notech4apartheid According to whistleblowers, Google leadership instructed its Trust & Safety workers to NOT remove Israeli propaganda ads that deny the forced starvation of Palestinians, #Google is complicit in genocide by:providing a global platform for Israeli propaganda to whitewash genocide, apartheid, and colonial occupation. and $1.2 billion AI and cloud computing (Project Nimbus) with the Israeli military. #NoTechForApartheid built tool to mass-report these ads. https://bad-ads.replit.app/

#notech4apartheid According to whistleblowers, Google leadership instructed its Trust & Safety workers to NOT remove Israeli propaganda ads that deny the forced starvation of Palestinians, #Google is complicit in genocide by:providing a global platform for Israeli propaganda to whitewash genocide, apartheid, and colonial occupation. and $1.2 billion AI and cloud computing (Project Nimbus) with the Israeli military. #NoTechForApartheid built tool to mass-report these ads. https://bad-ads.replit.app/

In addition, Booking workers say NO to workplace retaliation and discrimination:

"We demand explicit assurance that employees are free to express solidarity with the Palestinian people without fear of retaliation, discrimination, or the application of double standards. This includes but is not limited to public expression, workplace discussion, and conscientious refusals to participate in activities that contradict such views."

Should be a given, because any such workplace discrimination & retaliation is prohibited under Dutch law, but hey you never know

#TechWorkers#Booking#NoTechForApartheid

What would it look like for Booking to cease complicity in the illegal occupation of Palestine?

Booking workers demand, concretely:

1. Remove the more than 50, currently bookable properties on illegally occupied Palestinian land from Booking.com’s platforms
2. Suspend all operations in Booking.com’s Tel Aviv office, which offers material support for apartheid and war crimes
3. Carry out a transparent audit of any AI or dual‑use technologies developed, deployed, or supported by the Tel Aviv office, with independent oversight and remedial action

#TechWorkers#Booking#NoTechForApartheid

The workers' core demand is that Booking should cease its complicity in the illegal zionist occupation of Palestine:

"We demand the company discloses all ties to the illegal Israeli occupation and immediately ceases its business relationship with apartheid Israel and adhere to international law as outlined in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"

#Booking#TechWorkers#NoTechForApartheid

Booking workers issue a statement, calling on the company to quit its human rights abuses

"Statement

As employees, we call on the business to hold itself to its own standards. We call on Booking.com to stop infringing on the human rights of the Palestinian people and to immediately seek to mitigate and remediate the human rights impacts caused by or linked to its business operations."

https://www.stopbookingapartheid.org/statement

#Booking#NoTechForApartheid#FreePalestine

In addition, Booking workers say NO to workplace retaliation and discrimination:

"We demand explicit assurance that employees are free to express solidarity with the Palestinian people without fear of retaliation, discrimination, or the application of double standards. This includes but is not limited to public expression, workplace discussion, and conscientious refusals to participate in activities that contradict such views."

Should be a given, because any such workplace discrimination & retaliation is prohibited under Dutch law, but hey you never know

#TechWorkers#Booking#NoTechForApartheid

What would it look like for Booking to cease complicity in the illegal occupation of Palestine?

Booking workers demand, concretely:

1. Remove the more than 50, currently bookable properties on illegally occupied Palestinian land from Booking.com’s platforms
2. Suspend all operations in Booking.com’s Tel Aviv office, which offers material support for apartheid and war crimes
3. Carry out a transparent audit of any AI or dual‑use technologies developed, deployed, or supported by the Tel Aviv office, with independent oversight and remedial action

#TechWorkers#Booking#NoTechForApartheid

The workers' core demand is that Booking should cease its complicity in the illegal zionist occupation of Palestine:

"We demand the company discloses all ties to the illegal Israeli occupation and immediately ceases its business relationship with apartheid Israel and adhere to international law as outlined in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"

#Booking#TechWorkers#NoTechForApartheid

Booking workers issue a statement, calling on the company to quit its human rights abuses

"Statement

As employees, we call on the business to hold itself to its own standards. We call on Booking.com to stop infringing on the human rights of the Palestinian people and to immediately seek to mitigate and remediate the human rights impacts caused by or linked to its business operations."

https://www.stopbookingapartheid.org/statement

#Booking#NoTechForApartheid#FreePalestine

Activists of the Dutch group Geef Tegengas blocked the entry gates to Microsoft's data centre in Middenmeer, the Netherlands

The action is in protest at the company's facilitation of surveillance data on Palestinian people used in genocide

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/10/activists-in-netherlands-protest-on-roof-of-microsoft-site-storing-israeli-military-data

#GeefTegengas#NoTechForApartheid#NoDataForGenocide#Middenmeer#Netherlands

Activists of the Dutch group Geef Tegengas blocked the entry gates to Microsoft's data centre in Middenmeer, the Netherlands

The action is in protest at the company's facilitation of surveillance data on Palestinian people used in genocide

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/10/activists-in-netherlands-protest-on-roof-of-microsoft-site-storing-israeli-military-data

#GeefTegengas#NoTechForApartheid#NoDataForGenocide#Middenmeer#Netherlands