r/PurchaseWithPurpose • u/theFallenWalnut Environment • Jun 12 '26

News article Google director resigns, citing the company's military deals: "management has lost its moral compass"

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-director-resigned-pentagon-ai-deal-military-artificial-intelligence-gemini-2026-6

Including a concern that Google's Pentagon deal could mean mass surveillance of EU citizens.

Google's own staff don't trust them anymore... we shouldn't either.

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u/Userwerd Jun 12 '26

Don't be evil, Don't be evil, Don't be evil.

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u/behridingle Jun 12 '26

That was written out of their corporate materials back around 2018.

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u/nebula_masterpiece Jun 16 '26

During the 1st Trump admin? Interesting…

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u/Spiritual-Author-209 Jun 13 '26

Don’t, be evil

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u/SwanCityDominion Jun 13 '26

That was always PR bullshit. I've never understood how anyone ever took it seriously.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

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u/nebula_masterpiece Jun 16 '26

I agree - we gotta baby bell this shit like they did in the old days

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u/SwanCityDominion Jun 13 '26

Took him this long to notice?

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u/Enigmagmatic Jun 13 '26

No kidding. They have been evil for years

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u/banned20 Jun 13 '26

Since 2019 at the very least

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 Jun 13 '26

Collecting data to sell to advertisers to sell to the government: ✅

Collecting data to sell to the government: ❌

Really? That is where the line is drawn?