{"id":16789,"date":"2024-12-03T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/progressive-except-for-palestine-how-a-tech-charity-imploded-over-a-statement-on-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:37:15","slug":"progressive-except-for-palestine-how-a-tech-charity-imploded-over-a-statement-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/progressive-except-for-palestine-how-a-tech-charity-imploded-over-a-statement-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Progressive except for Palestine\u2019: how a tech charity imploded over a statement on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart<\/p>\n

Miliaku Nwabueze, a senior program manager at Code for Science & Society, had been concerned for some time about the role of technology in state violence. Then, on 7 October of last year, Hamas entered Israel, killing and kidnapping about 1,400 people. Less than a week later, as Israel ordered 1.1 million Palestinians out of northern Gaza in the onset of its deadly retaliation, Nwabueze decided to write a message to her colleagues on the US-based non-profit organization\u2019s Slack channel.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey y\u2019all \u2026 I have been watching multiple genocides around the world,\u201d she began, naming Palestine as well as Sudan, the Congo and Artsakh<\/a>. \u201cAll of these have heavy linkages to the tech industry.\u201d The 30-year-old went on to assert that CS&S \u2013 whose stated mission is to \u201cadvance the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people\u201d \u2013 should say, at the minimum, \u201cwe support demands for a ceasefire\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n

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\nThe board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart
\nMiliaku Nwabueze, a senior program manager at Code for Science & Society, had been concerned for some time about the role of technology in state violence. Then, on 7 October of last year, Hamas entered Israel, killing and kidnapping about 1,400 people. Less than a week later, as Israel ordered 1.1 million Palestinians out of northern Gaza in the onset of its deadly retaliation, Nwabueze decided to write a message to her colleagues on the US-based non-profit organization\u2019s Slack channel.
\n\u201cHey y\u2019all \u2026 I have been watching multiple genocides around the world,\u201d she began, naming Palestine as well as Sudan, the Congo and Artsakh. \u201cAll of these have heavy linkages to the tech industry.\u201d The 30-year-old went on to assert that CS&S \u2013 whose stated mission is to \u201cadvance the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people\u201d \u2013 should say, at the minimum, \u201cwe support demands for a ceasefire\u201d in Gaza. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart Miliaku Nwabueze, a senior program manager at Code for Science & Society, had been concerned for some time about the role of technology in state violence. Then, on 7 October of last year, …<\/p>\n

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