Google DeepMind Staffers Ask Leaders to Keep Them 'Physically Safe' from ICE

[im3w1l]

> Google’s head of security and risk operations responded to [a message about an incident] to clarify what had happened. They noted that an “officer arrived at reception without notice” and that the agent was “not granted entry because they did not have a warrant and promptly left.”

This seems like a very reasonable way to handle it.

Edit: Disclosure: I'm not an American.

[mullingitover]

There was a recent secret internal ICE memo stating that they determined they were free to essentially engage in unconstitutional home invasions[1]. If they decided to batter down the doors at Google there is nothing stopping them.

The only thing keeping them in check is the courts, and that practically operates in geologic timeframes compared to the rate they are breaking laws.

[1] https://apnews.com/article/ice-arrests-warrants-minneapolis-...

[pavel_lishin]

Telling the police to come back with a warrant sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't.

And these guys aren't the police.

[roryirvine]

It's pretty common to treat unauthorised entry attempts as a serious security incident.

The minimum follow-up actions I'd expect would be filing a police report, sending all-staff emails reminding people to be on the lookout for tailgaters, and reviewing security at reception.

If there was a specific risk of ongoing intrusion attempts, then I'd also expect legal action (eg. injunctions or restraining orders) to be taken in mitigation.

It's perfectly reasonable for staff to want to seek assurance that those sort of basic measures to ensure their safety are underway.

[Ancalagon]

Great job Sundar, way to stand on the wrong stage.

[simianwords]

Its a bit strange why a single newsworthy incident with the ICE has GDM's attention in this manner? There has been no interaction between ICE and Google other than a single agent trying to enter and then leave.

[sinuhe69]

It’s so hard to understand that the foreign staff are now afraid for their safety and their lives?

After the killing of Pretti (execution is probably the more correct word), I guess even some US staff can not be so sure about what would happen to them.

__“But are there not many fascists in your country?"

"There are many who do not know – but will find it out when the time comes.”__

[rsynnott]

I mean, I dunno, I live in a less, ah, exciting country than the US, so maybe standards are different, but "someone who works for an unaccountable paramilitary organisation that randomly kidnaps people and does the odd bit of murder, as a treat, tried to enter" seems _fairly_ alarming to me, even if it _was_ only once.

There is, actually, a lot that Google can do here, in terms of making itself a hard target.

[xacky]

If Google really cared they would ban ICE ip addresses from using Google services and stop ICE using Google Cloud. Google is a big enough company to force the issue, otherwise they secretly condone ICE.

[michelb]

Kowtowing to this administration seems to be the cost of doing business now.

[dpc050505]

https://archive.is/GYoyc to get around the paywall

[juliusceasar]

USA has turned into Iran and Israel. Murdering innocent people and lying about it.

[rambojohnson]

100%

[mc32]

Yah like Ruby Ridge, Phila MOVE, Malheur, etc…

[fragmede]

It's probably that whole "masked gangs randomly kidnapping people" angle that's got people on edge, doesn't matter who they voted for. That is to say, there's a very vocal contingent online that would lead you to believe that all Trump voters support everything that's happened and is happening and could possibly happen, but it's also not true. And also not everyone has forgotten about Epstein either.

What's hilarious is the whispers among troops that were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. They never would have gotten away with the same shit that ICE is pulling. If your read is that it's "typically brutal", you may want to engage with, erm, the rules of engagement in more depth.

[knowitnone3]

I don't believe Google would is hiring illegal immigrants.

[kingstnap]

The two people recently killed in Minneapolis were both US citizens.