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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...
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    Microsoft Protests Spotlight Cloud AI and Mass Surveillance Debates

    A wave of worker-led direct actions that shut down parts of Microsoft’s Redmond campus this month has crystallized a larger crisis facing Big Tech: employee activism colliding with explosive investigative reporting, allegations that commercial cloud and AI services were used in mass surveillance...
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    Microsoft Azure Surveillance Controversy Sparks External Audit and Protests

    Microsoft’s Redmond campus erupted into a high-stakes showdown this month as employee-led protesters occupied public spaces, splashed paint on the company sign, and drew law-enforcement intervention — all over one fundamental allegation: that Microsoft Azure has been used at scale by the Israeli...
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    Microsoft Azure Under Scrutiny: Cloud Power, Israel Intel Use, HRDD

    Microsoft’s cloud business is at the center of a fraught ethical, legal and commercial storm after new reporting tied Azure to intelligence workloads used by Israel’s military, forcing a reckoning over what cloud providers can — and should — do when sovereign customers appear to repurpose...
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    Microsoft Faces Global Scrutiny Over Israeli Military Contracts and Ethical Challenges

    Microsoft’s relationship with the Israeli government and military has thrust the global tech giant into a maelstrom of shareholder dissent, mounting employee activism, and sharp external criticism. Over the past year, the company’s provision of Azure cloud infrastructure and AI services to the...
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