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Microsoft shuts down questions about layoffs and Israel ties at Gamescom 2025
Microsoft won't comment. Xbox staff aren't allowed.
Update: Microsoft has responded to Game Developer's request for comment by restating plans to undertake a formal review into a report published by The Guardian that asserts Azure technology is currently being used by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to surveil civilians in Gaza and the West Bank en masse. "The Guardian, on that date, reported that multiple individuals have asserted that the IDF is using Azure for the storage of data files of phone calls obtained through broad or mass surveillance of civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. Game Developer was not made aware the blog post had been updated until now, despite reaching out to Microsoft for comment on August 12 in relation to the open letter published by unionized Arkane staffers in solidarity with the BDS movement.
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