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Google employee resigns saying company ‘silences Palestinians’

Google have not responded to Ariel Koren's claims that she was forced out over her pro-Palestinian activism [File: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP]

A Google employee who became a high-profile opponent of the tech giant’s $1bn artificial intelligence and surveillance contract with the Israeli military has announced her resignation.

Ariel Koren, a marketing manager, will be leaving the company this week, citing what she said was its creation of a hostile work environment due to her social activism.

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