The protests, led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place at Google offices in New York City, Seattle, and Sunnyvale, with some employees staging a sit-in for nearly 10 hours.

The protests were documented through a Twitch livestream.

Nine employees were arrested for trespassing during Google protests on Tuesday.

Affected employees, some not directly involved in the sit-in, received confidential messages from Google's Employee Relations group about being put on leave.

On Wednesday, these employees were informed they were being dismissed by the company.

Google stated that impeding work and preventing access to facilities was a violation of their policies and unacceptable behavior.

Google had to involve law enforcement to remove employees who refused to leave the company's premises after being asked to do so for safety reasons.

Previously, 28 employees were investigated and terminated.

Google values open debate but has been challenged by employee activism in recent years.

Ongoing investigations will result in further action as needed.