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  1. Israel's Unit 8200: Segregated Azure Cloud and Lavender AI in Gaza Targeting

    Israel’s reliance on commercial cloud and AI tools has crossed a new threshold: investigative reporting and follow‑up coverage show the Israeli military’s Unit 8200 used a segregated Microsoft Azure environment to store and process huge volumes of intercepted Palestinian phone calls, and that AI...
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  2. Microsoft launches formal review of Azure AI in Gaza surveillance

    Microsoft has opened a formal review into allegations that its cloud and AI technologies were used by Israeli security forces for large‑scale surveillance in Gaza and the West Bank — a development that escalates months of investigative reporting, employee protests, and policy debate about the...
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  3. Israel’s Unit 8200 Uses Microsoft Azure for Massive Palestinian Phone Surveillance: Ethical & Security Impacts

    A storm of controversy has erupted over revelations that Israel’s elite intelligence agency, Unit 8200, has leveraged Microsoft Azure cloud technology to store and process vast quantities of intercepted Palestinian phone conversations—a move that has ignited urgent debate around surveillance...
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  4. Microsoft Azure's Role in Palestinian Mass Surveillance Sparks Global Controversy

    Microsoft finds itself at the epicenter of a rapidly escalating controversy after joint investigative reports revealed that its flagship cloud platform, Azure, may have played a critical role in facilitating mass surveillance operations against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Sources...
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