Over 650 Google workers have signed a petition asking the tech giant to protect data for users seeking information about abortions, among other demands.
The petition also called on the company to halt donations to any political action committees and politicians, saying "these politicians were responsible for appointing the Supreme Court justices whoThe petition, sent by representatives from the Alphabet Workers Union, also asks for protections for users and customers "from having their data used against them ... as it pertains to abortion services and other reproductive healthcare services.
The petition asks for "immediate user data privacy controls" for all health-related activity, including when searching for gender-affirming care or abortion access information.Google did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.Alphabet Inc.
States that have made abortion a crime are making anyone who miscarries a potential target for a police data demand, Axios' Ina Fried and Margaret Harding McGill report. The petition is the first large-scale organizing movement at Google in response to the Supreme Court ruling,
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