David HoMar 5

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-pledges-roughly-three-hours-of-its-annual-profit-to-fight-climate-change-164808010.html

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change

Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

Engadget
Show threadJill ✨Mar 5
@davidho Is this the same publicity stunt like German companies do by usually donating 10% at the end of a year for a "good cause" in order to have it deducted from tax?
Show threadNicole Parsons

@jill @davidho

Google has no interest in civil rights, democracy, rule of law, or the survival of the planet.

Why?

They take investment money from murderous petrostate despots like #PrinceBonesaw

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/google-thiel-stand-out-in-saudi-prince-s-silicon-valley-tour

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/business/google-discrimination-settlement-women.html

https://proton.me/tech-fines-tracker

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39v2ykwgdno

https://www.techpolicy.press/how-ai-driven-search-may-reshape-democracy-economics-and-human-agency/

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1992

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wgn3lre14o

Google isn't unique

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-greenland-billionaires/

Google, Thiel Feature in Saudi Prince's Silicon Valley Tour

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wrapped up a whirlwind tour of technology titans on Friday, part of a three-week U.S. visit focused on economic opportunities to diversify the oil-rich nation.

Bloomberg.com
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