Articles about Protest

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

Protesters occupy Microsoft president’s office at Redmond HQ in latest action over Israel contracts

Protesters infiltrated the Microsoft building in Redmond where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives have their offices Tuesday afternoon,… Read More

Bezos wedding backlash in Venice draws big banner blasting billionaire tax breaks

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is likely hoping it’ll be a banner day when he weds fiancée Lauren Sánchez later this… Read More

Suffering from ‘Tesla Regret Syndrome’? Spoof ad from Seattle group is latest dig at Elon Musk

A Seattle-based activist group that has been taking part in protests aimed at Elon Musk and Tesla showrooms in the… Read More

Amazon responds to walkout plan: ‘We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions’

Amazon responded to reports Monday that some employees at the company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle plan to walk off the… Read More

Why the sad face? Amazon driver leaving packages upside down as part of ‘No More Smiles’ protest

Amazon is probably not smiling this morning about an apparent protest movement started by a driver who is placing cardboard… Read More

Amazon employees protest at Seattle HQ to ask for paid time off so workers can vote

Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like! Those chants kicked off a rally Saturday that… Read More

Amazon adjusts delivery routes in Seattle protest area as some customers can’t get orders delivered

Amazon customers living in and around the protest area in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood are having trouble getting their orders… Read More

Documents reveal Microsoft pitched facial recognition tech to drug enforcement feds

Microsoft has long cast itself as a moral authority on facial recognition, calling for federal regulation of the technology and… Read More

Microsoft promises not to sell facial recognition tech to police before Congress passes regulations

Microsoft pledged not to sell facial recognition software to police on Thursday, following similar announcements from Amazon and IBM that… Read More

Seattle startup leaders speak out on racism and pledge to take action

“Undoing years of institutionalized oppression will take years. But it’s work worth doing.” “The creation of a more just world… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft, other tech leaders sound off amid protests over death of George Floyd

Seattle tech giants Amazon and Microsoft issued statements this weekend in response to the outrage and protests over George Floyd’s… Read More

TLDR: Amazon shareholders meeting, Valve removes school shooting game, new Pokemon products

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

‘Bezos needs a boss’: Protesters ask for CEO oversight outside Amazon’s shareholders meeting

Protestors made their return to Amazon’s shareholders meeting in Seattle, this year asking the tech giant to create more oversight… Read More

The #WomenBoycottTwitter protest, over women being silenced, has made women louder on Twitter

A one day protest aimed at calling out Twitter and bringing attention to the way women are treated on the… Read More

Trump supporters converge on Seattle’s Lenin statue, shout ‘tear it down’ and debate passersby

A handful of self-described supporters of President Donald Trump converged on Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday to call for the removal… Read More

Photos: Seattle tech workers protest Trump’s immigration policy and promote inclusion

On a windy Wednesday afternoon, a modest group of about 60 Seattle tech workers gathered downtown to promote diversity and… Read More

Amazon bringing In-N-Out Burger to Seattle? Getting to the bottom of this mysterious sign

We knew it was too good to be true almost instantly. The crinkled red paper, the low-resolution type, and the… Read More

Yelp employee who complained online about pay and got fired is ridiculed. But was she right?

A twenty-something tech worker who took to Medium to complain about her pay has become something of a cause celebre… Read More

Amazon annual meeting picketed by affordable housing and workers’ rights advocates

More than 100 protesters gathered outside of Amazon’s annual meeting in Seattle this morning to call on executives to address… Read More

Protesting outside Amazon HQ, former employee asks current employees to stop working so hard

One week after launching his one-man protest at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, former Amazon employee Kivin Varghese is still at it, trying… Read More

Protestors attack Uber vehicles in Seattle, vow to take down a ‘disgusting tech company’

Uber is already battling the Seattle City Council over laws and regulations allowing the operation of its business. Now, though, it… Read More

Protest of the day: Activists target Amazon over CIA alliance

Another day, another protest against a Seattle tech titan. Tuesday’s protest included a blockade of the South Lake Union Streetcar,… Read More

A day without Wikipedia? Um, try these Encarta CD-ROMs

Yes, kids, there was a time when Wikipedia didn’t exist, and it looks like we’re going to be transported back… Read More