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Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance
The investigation was sparked by a story in The Guardian that reported that Unit 8200, the elite Israel military intelligence unit, was using Azure cloud storage to house data on phone calls obtained through the surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
“We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith wrote in a blog post. This is why we explained publicly on August 15 that Microsoft’s standard terms of service prohibit the use of our technology for mass surveillance of civilians.” “As employees, we all have a shared interest in privacy protection, given the business value it creates by ensuring our customers can rely on our services with rock solid trust,” Smith wrote.
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