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Microsoft shareholders demand report into the company's 'human rights due diligence' over allegations of war crime complicity in Gaza | PC Gamer


A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.

Microsoft is facing new pushback over the Israeli military's use of its AI and cloud products, as a group of more than 60 shareholders have filed a proposal calling on the company to publish a report assessing the effectiveness of its "human rights due diligence [HRDD] processes in preventing, identifying, and addressing customer misuse of Microsoft artificial intelligence and cloud products or services that violates human rights or international humanitarian law." But as Israel's brutal assault against Gaza has raged on, leaving tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians dead, many have come to believe that concerns for international law have fallen by the wayside. The shareholder resolution calling for a report on Microsoft's human rights due diligence processes will be voted on at the company's Annual General Meeting, which will be held later this year.

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