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Report: In first for a US tech giant, Microsoft terminates Israeli military use of its software

JL;DR SUMMARY Microsoft has revoked Israeli military access to its Azure cloud platform, making it the first U.S. tech company to penalize Israel amid its conflict in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli MilitaryGaza ConflictPalestinian CiviliansUnit 8200MicrosoftGeopoliticsSurveillanceCorporate ResponsibilityAzureTech Ethics

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Israel
"Microsoft has revoked the Israeli militarys access to a software it used to store data on millions of phone calls by Palestinian civilians, according to a letter obtained by the Guardian."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"The termination of the Israeli militarys access to Microsofts Azure cloud platform comes a month after an investigation by three media companies on two continents revealed that Unit 8200, the militarys elite spy agency, had used the technology to conduct a mass surveillance program on Palestinians."
Netherlands
"The trove of Palestinian call data obtained by Unit 8200 had amounted to as much as 8,000 terabytes, according to the Guardian, and was stored at a Microsoft datacenter in the Netherlands until it was moved out of the country days after the investigation was published."
Redmond, Washington, United States
"The joint investigation spurred protests at Microsofts U.S. headquarters and one of its European data centers."

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