Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on Palestinians

Dozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company’s east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its software by the Israeli military to carry out operations in Gaza and enable the surveillance of Palestinians.

  • FizzyOrange
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    3 months ago

    the Guardian and Israel’s +972 Magazine revealed Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, was making use of Azure to store countless recordings of mobile phone calls made by Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza.

    I mean… I don’t think denying Israel access to Azure is going to have much effect on the genocide. It’s not like they don’t have plenty of alternatives.