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Report: IDF Using Microsoft Cloud Data to Target Palestinians

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6 hrs ago

Above: Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build 2025 conference in Seattle on May 19, 2025. Image copyright: Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Microsoft conducted thorough reviews earlier, finding no evidence that its cloud services harmed Palestinians. It acknowledged the absurdity of holding tech companies responsible for every customer action. Like blaming telephone companies for criminal conversations, demanding impossible moral guardianship — a standard no industry could meet.

The Official Microsoft Blog GeekWire

Establishment-critical narrative

Microsoft's Azure cloud service became an enabler of mass surveillance, storing intelligence data on Palestinians while the company's usage spiked 155% during the genocide. Tech giants knowingly transformed their platforms into instruments of oppression, trading human dignity for lucrative deals — a moral bankruptcy disguised as business neutrality.

BBC News American Friends Service Committee