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https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/google-pledges-roughly-three-hours-of-its-annual-profit-to-fight-climate-change-164808010.html

Engadget

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change

Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

March 5, 2026 at 8:41:35 PM

not even 3 hours of annual revenue?

Yes, the headline is misinformation, it's 3h of annual revenue, it's written in the article

Is this the same publicity stunt like German companies do by usually donating 10% at the end of a year for a "good cause" in order to have it deducted from tax?

Google has no interest in civil rights, democracy, rule of law, or the survival of the planet.

Why?

They take investment money from murderous petrostate despots like #PrinceBonesaw

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/google-thiel-stand-out-in-saudi-prince-s-silicon-valley-tour

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/business/google-discrimination-settlement-women.html

https://proton.me/tech-fines-tracker

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39v2ykwgdno

https://www.techpolicy.press/how-ai-driven-search-may-reshape-democracy-economics-and-human-agency/

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1992

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wgn3lre14o

Google isn't unique

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/peter-thiel-israel-palantir/

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-greenland-billionaires/

Bloomberg

Google, Thiel Feature in Saudi Prince's Silicon Valley Tour

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wrapped up a whirlwind tour of technology titans on Friday, part of a three-week U.S. visit focused on economic opportunities to diversify the oil-rich nation.