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title: "AI companies and BDS: named targets and alternatives | Ethical Stack"
url: https://ethicalstack.ai/guides/bds-ai/
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# How can I tell whether an AI company is a BDS target?

Use the Palestinian BDS National Committee’s [2024 corporate priority guide ↗](https://www.bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott) and [No Tech campaign page ↗](https://bdsmovement.net/no-tech-oppression-apartheid-or-genocide) to check named target categories. The directory currently labels [Microsoft Copilot](https://ethicalstack.ai/products/copilot/) a boycott target and [Gemini](https://ethicalstack.ai/products/gemini/) a pressure target in those checked sources. “Not listed” means no match in the lists named on that profile at the review date; it is not approval or a finding about every parent, partner, or supplier.

## How should I read the categories?

The BNC guide distinguishes consumer boycott priority targets, organic boycott targets, and pressure targets. The No Tech page gives a technology-focused list and campaign context. Keep the label and scope on the source page; the directory’s profile shows which pages were checked for each company and product.

Our overall ranking caps boycott targets at 2/10 and subtracts one point for pressure targets. Other statuses have no adjustment. These are our editorial weights; see the [overall scoring rules](https://ethicalstack.ai/methodology/#overall).

## How do I choose a practical alternative?

Choose an alternative by what you need it to do, then check that provider and its host against the exact list or campaign you follow. A switch to a different app may still route to a listed model provider. Compare the model and provider route in [compare models](https://ethicalstack.ai/compare/models/) and [compare providers](https://ethicalstack.ai/compare/providers/); the [ChatGPT alternatives guide](https://ethicalstack.ai/alternatives/chatgpt/) includes practical privacy and local-use options too.