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Professional demonstrators conduct banners and signs when they protest outside the Microsoft Build Conference at Seattle’s Conference Center, Washington, May 19, 2025.
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Microsoft On Thursday, he said he stopped two employees who invaded President Brad Smith’s office.
This news comes after seven current and former Microsoft staff on Tuesday held a protest in a company building In Redmond, Washington, as opposed to the Israeli military use of the company’s software as part of gas.
The participants of the action related to the Azure Group for apartheid received joining the Smith’s office and demanded that Microsoft finish its direct and indirect support for Israel.
In A pillar Instagram no Azure for apartheid that Ricky Fomel and Anna Hatl were fired.
“Two employees were stopped today after serious campaign policy and our Code of Conduct,” Microsoft spokesman said in a statement, noting illegal hacking in the executive institutions.
“These incidents are contrary to the expectations we support for our employees. The company continues to investigate and fully cooperates with law enforcement agencies regarding these issues,” the statement added.
After the protests Smith state That the participants of the rally blocked the people from the office, put the tools listening in the form of phones and refused to leave until they were removed by the police.
No Azure for apartheid defines itself as “Microsoft’s movement that requires Microsoft to end its direct and indirect complicity in Israeli apartheid and genocide.”
The Guardian Earlier this month it was reported that the Israeli military used cloud infrastructure Microsoft Azure Cloud to store Palestinian phone calls, which forced the company to allow the third investigation into whether its technology was used in observation.
On Tuesday, Smith said the company would “investigate and reach the truth” how services used.
According to Smith, last week there is no Azure for apartheid, which also installed protests around campus company, which led to 20 arrests in one day, and 16 never worked at Microsoft.
This year’s no Azure for apartheid, including Microsoft’s Create developers’ conference and at the company celebration 50 -year. Bloomberg On Tuesday, Microsoft director appealed to the Federal Investigation Bureau regarding the protests.
Microsoft’s actions come for the technological giant Google fired 28 employees Last year, after a series of protests against the working and contract of the company with the Israeli government and the military for cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. In this case, some staff have accessed the office of Thomas Kurian, CEO Cloud Unit Google.
– Jordan Novo CNBC contributed to this report.
