Big Tech and the genocide in Gaza: what are companies doing?

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5 points·jrepinc··3 comments

Might anyone know of a war* where corporations "did something" that was really effective? Qualifier: the people & places being wiped out in the war were not of high economic value to the corporations, nor their customers.

The people arguing and agitating for something to be done seem well-intended. And their turning to large corporations (vs., say, governments) to Do Something is a sad-but-understandable symptoms of our late-stage capitalist society. But I don't get the sense that they've bothered to look for any success stories for that strategy (to emulate and cite), nor failures (to avoid repeating).

*Or close-enough situation. IANAL, to care about "it's not a war" technical arguments.

That's not really what the article is about, though? It's pointing out that AWS, Alphabet and Meta are actively helping the Israeli government. If anything, these corporations are too effective (from the perspective of the author) rather than not enough.

Is the second half of the article visible to you? Here (USA), that 2nd half is full of calls to action. And the article ends with a large, highlighted bullet point box. The heading & lead para in that box is:

> What should companies do now?

> The prohibition to commit genocide is a jus cogens norm from which no state, or in some jurisdictions, no company, can derogate. Given the serious risks, companies, their investors, and the states they are domiciled in must urgently take the following actions:

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