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Sergey Brin Labels U.N. “Transparently Antisemitic” Over Gaza Genocide Report

Brin’s remark triggered confusion among Google employees, with the U.S. Mission formally calling on the U.N. to remove the rapporteur behind the Gaza genocide report

Sergey Brin attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Google co-founder Sergey Brin wrote in an internal DeepMind forum that the U.N. was “transparently antisemitic” in response to a report accusing tech firms of profiting from genocide in Gaza.
  • The June report by Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese highlighted Project Nimbus, the $1.2 billion cloud contract awarded to Google and Amazon in 2021, as enabling Israeli military operations.
  • On July 1, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations urged Secretary-General António Guterres to remove Albanese for alleged antisemitism and anti-Israel bias.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced U.S. sanctions on Albanese for her collaboration with the International Criminal Court’s efforts to prosecute Israelis.
  • Google has publicly distanced itself from the U.N. report and potential military applications of its AI services after revising its ethics guidelines earlier this year.