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Posted on 06/15/2026 6:58:31 AM PDT by Morgana
Hundreds of Stanford graduates staged a dramatic walkout during a commencement ceremony on Sunday as Google CEO Sundar Pichai took to the stage.
The massive protest turned what should have been a celebration of academic achievement into the latest flashpoint in the ongoing battle over Big Tech's ties to Israel.
As Pichai rose to deliver the keynote address at one of the nation's most prestigious universities, groups of students stood up and streamed out of the ceremony in protest.
Some waved Palestinian flags, blew whistles and unfurled banners condemning Google's relationship with the Israeli government.
The demonstration marked the latest in a string of pro-Palestinian protests that have disrupted commencement events at Stanford in recent years amid continuing tensions surrounding the war in Gaza.
According to reports from the ceremony, roughly 200 students participated in the walkout as Pichai began speaking.
Many of the protesters were angered by Google's involvement in Project Nimbus, a controversial $1.2 billion cloud-computing contract awarded jointly to Google and Amazon by the Israeli government in 2021.
The deal has become a lightning rod for activists who argue technology companies should not provide services that could support Israeli government operations.
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My ceremony was held early in the morning so Ann Richards didn’t have time to get that drunk.
Hear, hear!
You mean indoctrinated, the behaviors in evidence do not support they have been educated.
NVidia has a large research center in Israel with 2000 workers. Jensen has publicly announced his support for his workers during the current Iran conflict.
Israel punches way above its weight in the hi-tech world. I bet many (50%?) of Israel’s tech workers have Russian and Eastern bloc backgrounds. Their families came here in 1980s 1990s when the USSR let them immigrate. Goog’s Sergy Brin, his parents came to the USA this way.
(Some waved Palestinian flags)
Well of course they did...🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦
I refused to go to my daughter’s graduation b/c Nancy Pelosi was the featured speaker.
We went to the far smaller department graduation.
I wonder how many of the TDSers, here, do the same!
I would have considered walking out over his ties to Google.
🤔🤔🤔😂
It'll be interesting to hear what % of students are actually American. I know that our universities are trying to recruit students from foreign countries.
“Hundreds of Stanford students walk out ...”
Keep on walking MF’ers.
No diplomas for you!
Send the students to the Gaza Strip and Sundar Pichai back to India. You can thank me later.
I can think of several reasons to protest against google ... and several reasons to celebrate useful products they provide.
These dorks ranting against "da jooooozes" just kinda spoils the whole thing.
I hate Illinois Stanford Nazis ...
They are probably Apollo deniers as well.
“I would have walked out because some Indian invader is running a formerly American company”
AMEN. Screw that guy.
Stanford used to be the best engineering school in the USA.
Andy Grove, CEO of Intel would volunteer to teach classes on how to create and run a high tech company.
Around 20 years ago, Stanford jumped the tracks and became actually worse that Berkeley as far as activists.
Mine was in Memorial Church ‘74.
I still remember watching Stanford vs CAL football games at the Stanford stadium.
Stanford tailgate parties in the parking lot were so out of this world.
Catered affairs costing thousands.
So, a stooge for the CCP got booed by wokies and hamas supporters? ha ha ah ah aha
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