Sources and docs: Microsoft worked with the FBI to track anti-Israel protests, flagged internal emails with words like “Gaza”, deleted posts, and fired staff
Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week.
scoop: Microsoft asked the FBI for help with pro-Palestinian protests. Employees have criticized work with Israel in Gaza. w/@mattmday $msft https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Microsoft faces an employee-led guerilla campaign of mass emails and public disruptions over its sales to Israel. This month, things escalated, with two protests - and 20 arrests - on campus in Redmond. New w/@brodyford.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“A few weeks later, [Microsoft] contacted the FBI for help, asking for any intelligence on pro-Palestinian protests that may be targeting the company.” — https://www.bloomberg.com/...