Microsoft employee protests lead to arrests
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Israel has reportedly been surveilling and storing millions of phone calls in Palestine. It's allegedly been storing them on Microsoft's Azure servers.
Redmond, Wash. — Several people were arrested by Redmond police Wednesday afternoon at the Microsoft campus after the group, No Azure for Apartheid gathered to protest. The group has been protesting Microsoft's work in suppling artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military.
Dozens of current and former Microsoft employees congregated at the tech firm’s campus in Washington on Tuesday afternoon to protest against the company’s contracts with Israel. The employees, who were also joined by locals,
Dozens of Microsoft workers occupied the company’s Redmond campus, demanding it end ties with Israel after reports alleged Azure technology was used for surveillance of Palestinian Arabs.
Microsoft said it's conducting a review into claims that a unit with the Israeli Defense Forces used cloud computing technology to surveil Palestinians.
Microsoft has initiated an urgent investigation into allegations that Israel is utilizing its Azure cloud platform for extensive surveillance operations targeting Palestinians. This probe, prompted by a recent report in The Guardian,
Sources from within Unit 8200 have claimed that the cloud-based system helped guide deadly airstrikes and shaped military operations. The collected information was also used for other purposes, including blackmail and arbitrary detention.
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