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Google Fires Four Staffers After Protest, Accusing Them of Data Security Breaches

posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:42PM   
from the dont-pick-a-fight-with-the-GOOG dept.

aristarchus writes:

CNBC reports,

Google has terminated four employees for allegedly sharing sensitive information after weeks of internal dissent related to the mistrust of leadership. At least two of the employees were at the center of recent worker protests in San Francisco.

In a memo sent to staffers on Monday, three members of Google's Security and Investigations Team wrote that the four workers were fired after investigations into their behavior concluded that they were engaged in wrongdoing.

"There's been some misinformation circulating about this investigation, both internally and externally," according to the memo, titled "Securing our data." "We want to be clear that none of these individuals were fired for simply looking at documents or calendars during the ordinary course of their work. To the contrary, our thorough investigation found the individuals were involved in systematic searches for other employees' materials and work."

Google confirmed the memo, which was first reported by Bloomberg. The company declined to comment further or confirm which individual employees were terminated. But Rebecca Rivers, who previously spoke out about Google's contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, tweeted she was one of them. Last week, a group of 20 Google employees in San Francisco protested the interrogation of Rivers and another employee, Laurence Berland, who had been placed on sudden and indefinite administrative leave for allegedly sharing sensitive information.

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• Re:count yourselves lucky (Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:43PM

  by Freeman (732) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:43PM (#925107) Journal

  According to wikipedia it was up to 50 years or thereabouts, which was quite insane. Young and dumb he may have been, but he wasn't attempting murder.

  This is for convicted first degree murder:

  First degree murder convictions without aggravating factors draw a range of prison sentences. This can include life in prison, usually with an eventual possibility of parole. The range of prison sentence for this type of murder conviction varies by state and can be 25 years to life in California, or 20 to 25 years in New York, to name only two.

  https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/first-degree-murder-penalties-and-sentencing.html [findlaw.com]

  This is for attempted murder:

  First-degree attempted murder carries greater penalties and often means a life sentence with the possibility of parole. Offenders typically spend at least 10 years in prison, although mandatory minimum sentences for attempting to murder a public official may be 10 to 15 years. Federal laws for attempting to kill a member of Congress or other federal official impose penalties ranging from 70 to 162 months.

  https://www.attorneys.com/homicide/attempted-murder-charges-and-penalties [attorneys.com]

  What he attempted to do, certainly was less awful than attempted murder or actual murder. The insane # of years tacked on should be unconstitutional, if it isn't already.

  --
  Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

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