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Google Donating $11.5M To Fight Modern Slavery

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-no-evil dept.

walterbyrd writes "Google announced today that it will donate $11.5M to groups dedicated to ending modern day slavery. 'In what is believed to be the largest-ever corporate grant devoted to the advocacy, intervention and rescue of people being held, forced to work or provide sex against their will, Google said it chose organizations with proven records in combating slavery.'"

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  1. So.. by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    Google are fighting to abolish marriage now? Does their evil know no bounds?

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    which is totally what she said
    1. Re:So.. by Xacid · · Score: 3, Funny

      No no, they're trying to prevent evil. Don't you remember their motto?

    2. Re:So.. by Genda · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, he is a person. I bumped into him just the other day down on Castro st. in Mountain View. We were in a pub, drinking a pint, the door opened and suddenly there he was, so we invited him over to our table. The rainbow Google glasses were a wee bit odd, but he seemed like a genuinely pleasant fellow. Really bright, knew a lot about almost everything. We all left together, he hopped into his sports car... it was blinding! All that Chrome!

  2. So Google is serious about it. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like Google is really serious about emancipating people who are enslaved by facebook and twitter.

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  3. Re:Easy to do by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think the relationship between Apple and its fanboys counts as slavery, it's more like worship or Stockholm Syndrome...

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  4. Can I Have Some Money, Google? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is not my intent to diminish the plight of those who are being forced to work against their will and who are getting unwanted sex, but I can't help notice that I am being forced to work against my will every day and I'm not getting any sex. I would appreciate it if Google would throw some of its enormous wealth toward this issue. Many of us have been stuck in this situation for decades, with no hope in sight.

  5. Re:Chinese Political Prisoners too? by halivar · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Hey, yeah man, like, welcome to Google Tech Support, dude. This is Bud speaking. Get it? Haha! Yeah man, but seriously, have you liked, tried turning it on and off again?"

  6. Do they really think.... by retrorogue · · Score: 1, Funny

    $15 million is enough to combat EA and Zynga?

  7. Re:Easy to do by nitehawk214 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought the only way to win slashdot was to have a post rated "+5 Troll"?

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  8. Re:Easy to do by hoggoth · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slashdot is a strange game.
    The only winning move is not to play.
    How about a nice game of chess?

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