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Jeff Bezos: Big Tech Bosses Need 'to Say No' to Activist Employees

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos criticized employee activists recently, stating that Silicon Valley tech firms should be free to do business with the U.S.

According to Bezos, it is up to senior management to tell employees no when they become activists against their own employers and their government contracts.

Business Insider reports that while being interviewedat the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stated that unless Silicon Valley tech firms work with the United States military,this country is in trouble.

During the interview, Bezos criticized employee activists stating:One of the things thats happening inside technology companies is there are groups of employees who for example think that technology companies should not work with the Department of Defense.

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