The Algorithm of Complicity - #GlobalSumudFlotilla (Blog post, 2026-04-22)
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/blog/the-algorithm-of-complicity/
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>> … we must name the institutions actively profiting from this violence. We must stop calling these companies “tech start-ups” and recognize them for what they are: defense contractors.
• #Palantir, which is heavily funded by early CIA money, spent nearly $6 million lobbying Washington in 2024 to shape wartime policy and supplying systems …
• #Google and #Amazon share the $1 billion Project #Nimbus contract, providing cloud-computing and AI infrastructure to the Israeli government and military …
• #OpenAI, which historically prohibited military use in its terms of service, quietly erased that restriction …
>> These companies operate with #impunity. The EU AI Act explicitly exempts military applications, and current US defense strategies mandate moving at “wartime speed” to adopt more AI, deliberately bypassing regulatory caution…