Israel-Hamas war: ‘Our immediate focus is…' says Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a heartfelt note to employees in Israel

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“Following the terrible attacks in Israel, our immediate focus has been on ensuring our employees’ safety. We’ve now made contact with all of our local employees, and we’ll continue supporting them. “We’re also working to provide reliable, accurate information to people who use our products. Our systems across Google and YouTube prioritize authoritative information in moments of crisis and breaking news. Our teams are working around the clock to ensure this, as well as to detect and remove graphically violent, hateful or terrorist content, or coordinated disinformation campaigns. Our cybersecurity experts are also sharing their findings in real time with the broader security community. For example, our security unit, Mandiant, has observed fake accounts connected to Iran which are promoting anti-Israeli narratives across various services, as well as investigating reports of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by suspected pro-Hamas and pro-Russia hacktivist groups targeting Israeli government websites. Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones, and all those affected." Earlier, TCS also said that it is closely monitoring the safety of its employees in Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

“We are monitoring, and have been in touch with the HR (human resources) officials there. We are helping them with safety measures.

There are some employees from India and their families," a TCS executive said on condition of anonymity. The executive , however, did not disclose the number of employees in Israel, including those from India."Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels