Articles about No Azure for Apartheid

Worlds collide at Amazon Spheres as pro-Palestinian group protests cloud giant’s Israel contracts

Carrying bullhorns and signs depicting Amazon executives as war criminals, about two dozen people protested outside the Spheres in Seattle on Thursday evening, calling on the company to stop providing technology to Israel for what they described as genocide in Gaza. Read More

Internal memo: Microsoft creates new way for workers to flag issues after Gaza surveillance probe

Microsoft is creating a new internal mechanism for employees to report concerns about how its technology is developed and used — making the process similar to how workers already flag incidents of workplace misbehavior, security issues, or legal concerns. Read More

Microsoft cuts off Israeli military’s access to tech that was reportedly used in Palestinian surveillance

The move by the Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant is in response to an Aug. 6 report by The Guardian, which revealed how Microsoft Azure was being used to store and process millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank. Read More

Amazon suspends engineer who urged colleagues to oppose Israel contract, citing conduct policy

A Palestinian software engineer at Amazon says he was suspended this week after calling on colleagues to protest the company’s role in the “Project Nimbus” contract with Israel. Amazon cast the situation as a workplace conduct matter, not a political speech issue.
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