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• @aprilaser April Glaser on x

  Companies like Amazon, Google and Microsoft hold thousands of contracts with the Department of Defense and federal law enforcement worth billions, new research shows. My latest on the deepening relationship between Silicon Valley and the U.S. military https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @stevekopack Steve Kopack on x

  Since 2016: Microsoft had 5,000 subcontracts with the Department of Defense and various federal law enforcement agencies Amazon had 350 subcontracts with the military and federal agencies, like ICE and the FBI Google had more than 250. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @culturejedi Malkia Devich-Cyril on x

  Damn, @aprilaser out here telling the WHOLE truth! While the rhetoric of Big Tech like #Amazon and #Google speaks of solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives, their actions align with anti-Black militarization. We 👀 you. https://twitter.com/...

• @histoftech Mar Hicks on x

  an important part of Silicon Valley's history and current character too often papered over by the “consumer oriented” spin the press gave computing tech for so long. via @scrivenix https://twitter.com/...

• @sunhahong Sun-ha Hong on x

  Excellent investigative findings showing the extent of military funding in Big Tech today. From IBM to Palantir, the industry norm is, and has always been, to comply and cooperate their way to the military's good books. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @gleemie Lilly Irani on x

  Stunning work showing us how to track the relationships between Silicon Valley and the military. “Tech Inquiry's research comes as technology companies have ramped up efforts to win large military and law enforcement contracts, despite employee activism against the work.” https:/…

• @aprilaser April Glaser on x

  Importantly, many who work at these companies are building tech that will be integrated into systems for the military, the FBI, the DEA, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, etc, but have no idea that's how their work will be used https://twitter.com/...

• @evan_greer Evan Greer on x

  Amazon and Microsoft's “moratorium” on selling facial recognition to cops was little more than a PR stunt. These companies are bone grafted to the US military and law enforcement agencies, and they've gotten smarter about being quiet about it. https://twitter.com/...

• @leapingrobot Patrick McCray on x

  “Silicon Valley"'s ties to Dept of War, DoD, DARPA, are long, wide, and deep....and go back to the start of the 20th century. https://twitter.com/...

• @cfarivar Cyrus Farivar on x

  Our tax dollars at work. https://twitter.com/...

• @tech_inquiry @tech_inquiry on x

  We are excited to finally release our organization's first report: “Reports of a Silicon-Valley/Military Divide Have Been Greatly Exaggerated” https://techinquiry.org/... Here is some of the history and what it contains. 🧵

• @sallyshin Sally Shin on x

  Microsoft had more than 5,000 subcontracts w DoD & various federal law enforcement agencies since 2016 Amazon had more than 350 subcontracts with military and federal law enforcement agencies like ICE/FBI since 2016 Google had more than 250 subcontracts. New from @aprilaser: http…

• @aprilaser April Glaser on x

  Over the past two years, military leaders and tech execs have decried the “treasonous” gulf between Silicon Valley and the Department of Defense. If there was any divide, it's clearly narrowed, unbeknownst to most of the tech workers at these companies https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @aprilaser April Glaser on x

  The firm Google worked with for Project Maven renewed its relationship with Google in April, after which the firm won an $83 million Army deal for AI services These contracts are obfuscated by the subcontracting process, which @tech_inquiry uncovered https://www.nbcnews.com/...