Google & Amazon Agree to Israel's 'Secret' Data Demands
Google and Amazon have reportedly granted Israel unrestricted access to their cloud services and agreed to notify them of foreign data requests, as revealed by mainstream media. This 'Project Nimbus' deal, worth $1.2 billion, comes without the usual corporate platitudes about privacy or oversight. One might recall Amazon Web Services' (AWS) controversial history of surveillance contracts, like
those with ICE, which drew employee protests but evidently won't derail a lucrative foreign arrangement. So, two of the world's most powerful tech companies are now, effectively, an extension of Israeli intelligence infrastructure, all while simultaneously performing rhetorical gymnastics about 'user data protection' for their consumer base. The silence from Washington on this massive data
transfer is, of course, deafening. Perhaps they’re too busy analyzing what else a $3.8 billion annual aid package (funded by you) can buy.