Hundreds of Stanford students walk out of Google CEO’s commencement speech

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(AP)Around 200 students walked out of Google CEO Sundar Pichai's commencement speech at Stanford University. The students protested Google's involvement in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion deal providing cloud computing and AI services to the Israeli government and military. Protesters chanted “free, free Palestine” and waved Palestinian flags as they exited the ceremony. Pichai had previously stated that Google is not a place to 'fight over disruptive issues or debate politics' in response to internal backlash over Project Nimbus. Following the walkout, students organized their own People's Commencement featuring pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil as the keynote speaker. In fullStanford students walk out of Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech amid Google’s Israel-linked Project NimbusThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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