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How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence
Microsoft's close collaboration with Tel Aviv — including its employment of over 1,000 Israelis — strongly undermines the tech giant's claim that no Palestinians have been harmed by its services. This article was originally published by ¡Do Not Panic! Last week Microsoft admitted providing large amounts of AI and cloud storage services to Israel during its genocide of
It was recently reported that the system used by the IDF to manage the population registry and movement of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, called ‘Rolling Stone,’ which is integral to apartheid, is maintained by Microsoft Azure. Other reporting by +972 magazine, an independent outlet based in Israel-Palestine, found that Microsoft employees work closely with units in the Israeli army to develop products and systems, often embedding themselves within the IDF for months at a time. Just as IBM provided Nazi Germany with the ability to track and trace Jews, Microsoft and other tech companies have long worked with Israel to collect and stores huge amounts of data on Palestinians.
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