Published on: 2025-06-21 01:14:01
is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Artist and musician Brian Eno — who also composed the iconic Windows 95 operating system startup chime — called on Microsoft today to “suspend all services that support any operations that contribute to violations of international law,” saying the company plays a role in “surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine.” It’s the latest high-p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-26 17:23:32
Shortly after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stage at the company’s annual Microsoft Build developer’s conference, an employee interrupted the speech by shouting “Free Palestine” and demanding accountability from the CEO for the company’s work with the Israeli government. “How about you show ’em how Microsoft is killing Palestinians? How about you show ’em how Israeli war crimes are powered by Azure?” the employee yelled from the audience before being confronted and dragged away by securi
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The Anti-Defamation League is lobbying Alphabet, the parent company of Google, to vote down a shareholder proposal that would require the company to investigate whether its cloud services (specifically Project Nimbus, which is a contract with the Israeli government) are aiding human rights abuses in conflict zones (you know, like Gaza). Alphabet is expected to vote on the proposal at its next shareholder meeting on June 6th. This week, the ADL sent a letter to Alphabet in which it described the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-23 00:24:58
Pro-Palestine protesters in front of Meta headquarters on November 3, 2023. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images. A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to internal Meta data obtained by Drop Site News. The data show that Meta has complied with 94% of takedown requests issued by Israel since October 7, 2023. Israel is the biggest ori
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In context: Microsoft has fired the two employees involved in a protest during the company's recent 50th-anniversary celebration. The termination was attributed to misconduct, as stated in an internal email. Both individuals had previously sent mass emails to thousands of employees, urging the company to end its contracts with the Israeli government. One employee was let go by Microsoft Canada, while the second had already submitted his resignation prior to the demonstration. One of the employe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-04 13:55:25
Microsoft celebrated the company’s 50th anniversary on Friday with a splashy event that featured all three of its current and former CEOs, but it did not come without surprises. The Verge reported earlier that an employee by the name Ibtihal Aboussad disrupted a presentation by the company’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, alleging the company has been complicit in genocide by selling its technology to Israel. “Shame on you,” said Aboussad, speaking directly to Suleyman. “You are a war profiteer.
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Hi all, As you might have just seen on the livestream or witnessed in person, I disrupted the speech of Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman during the highly-anticipated 50th anniversary celebration. Here’s why. My name is Ibtihal, and for the past 3.5 years, I’ve been a software engineer on Microsoft’s AI Platform org. I spoke up today because after learning that my org was powering the genocide of my people in Palestine, I saw no other moral choice. This is especially true when I’ve witnessed
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In Brief A protester interrupted Microsoft’s Copilot-focused keynote Friday afternoon, calling attention to the company’s reported dealings with the Israeli military. “Shame on you,” the protester said. “You claim that you care about using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military […] All of Microsoft has blood on its hands.” Microsoft Head of Consumer AI Mustafa Sulyman, whose portion of the keynote was interrupted by the protester, several times responded, “I hear
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Microsoft kicked five employees out of a town hall event yesterday because they were protesting the company’s contracts with the Israeli military. Microsoft is providing artificial intelligence models to the Israeli military to help them fight its wars in Gaza and Lebanon, a business move that’s seen as a moral stain on the company by some of its employees. On February 25, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was on hand at the company’s campus in Redmond, Washington to talk about new products. On the b
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