US EditionMicrosoft cuts off cloud services to Israeli military unit after report of storing Palestinians’ phone calls
Microsoft disabled Azure and AI services used by Israel's Unit 8200 after finding evidence of mass surveillance on Palestinians violating company policies.
- Microsoft has blocked access to some services for Israel's Ministry of Defense after reports of surveillance on Palestinians' phone calls in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Brad Smith, Microsoft's President, announced that the company has ceased services to Unit 8200 due to its involvement in mass surveillance of civilians.
- The Guardian reported that Unit 8200 used Microsoft's Azure platform to store millions of calls daily, aiding military operations.
- Despite this decision, Microsoft continues to maintain other contracts with the Israel Defense Forces, indicating ongoing complex relationships.
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An investigation by the "Guardian" had revealed the existence of an agreement between the company and the Israeli army, which allowed it to store calls collected daily on the Palestinian telecommunications network.
Israel's Ministry of Defense is said to have used Microsoft technology for mass surveillance of Palestinians, according to a media report. Now the tech company is responding.
The group founded by Bill Gates has interrupted the provision of the cloud used by the division for the cyber security of the Israeli army for&nbs...
Microsoft blocks some services used by Israeli military unit after investigation into mass surveillance of Palestinians
Microsoft's Azure software was used to store "millions" of recordings of mobile phone calls made by Palestinians living in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Microsoft cuts Israeli military’s access to some cloud computing, AI
United States tech giant Microsoft has cancelled some services it provides to the Israeli military over concerns it is violating its terms of service by using the firm’s cloud computing software to spy on millions of Palestinians, the company’s vice chair and president Brad Smith confirmed.Smith wrote in a Thursday blog post that the company had “ceased and disabled a set of services” to a unit within the Israeli Ministry of Defence in response …
According to Microsoft, the software group has stopped its cloud and AI services for a unit of the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
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