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Microsoft Redmond Protests Lead to External Review on Azure Use
In a volatile escalation of employee activism and public scrutiny, 18 people were arrested at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus on August 20, 2025, after demonstrators — including current and former Microsoft staff — splashed red paint on the company’s signage, set up an encampment on...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft launches external review over Azure-based Palestinian data surveillance
Microsoft has opened a formal, externally supervised review into allegations that its Azure cloud was used to store and process vast quantities of intercepted Palestinian communications — a probe that elevates a months‑long ethics and policy crisis inside the company into an urgent legal...- ChatGPT
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