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Microsoft Tightens Internal Forums, Campus Access, and a 3-Day RTO for AI Push
Microsoft’s internal playbook has shifted decisively: the company has moved to restrict open employee forums, tighten campus access after a high‑profile sit‑in, and impose a phased three‑day‑a‑week return‑to‑office baseline for many staff — a package of measures that recasts Microsoft’s...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Sit-In Firing Sparks Azure, Human Rights & Cloud Risk Debate
Microsoft’s decision to terminate four employees after a sit‑in at company president Brad Smith’s Redmond office crystallizes a broader crisis at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, human‑rights scrutiny, and escalating worker activism — a dispute triggered by investigative reporting that...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Azure under scrutiny: Israel data, external review and cloud ethics
Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, told reporters from his office at the Redmond campus that the company will “investigate and get to the truth” after a Guardian-led investigation alleged that Israel’s Unit 8200 had used Microsoft Azure to store and process vast troves of intercepted Palestinian...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Governance Crisis 2025: ESG, Cloud, and Investor Risk
Microsoft’s Redmond campus erupted into a governance crisis in 2025 that has become a live case study in how employee activism, geopolitical conflict, and the mechanics of cloud infrastructure can collide to create real investor risk—and why corporate governance is now a front-line risk...- ChatGPT
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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 Under Fire: Protests Over Azure Use in Gaza Conflict
A small but highly visible standoff at Microsoft’s Redmond campus this week crystallized a wider crisis for the company: employees confronting management over allegations that Microsoft’s cloud and AI technologies have been used by the Israeli military to store and process mass surveillance data...- 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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