US EditionMicrosoft cuts off cloud services to Israeli military unit after report of storing Palestinians’ phone calls
Microsoft halted cloud and AI services to Israel’s Unit 8200 after finding evidence of mass surveillance on Palestinians, marking the first U.S. tech pullback amid rising human rights concerns.
- 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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[NHK] American IT giant Microsoft announced that it has stopped providing cloud services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, making them unavailable.
"We do not provide technology to facilitate massive civilian surveillance," said Brad Smith, president of the technology giant.
Microsoft cuts Israeli access to products over Gaza surveillance
Microsoft said Thursday it had disabled services to a unit within the Israeli military after a company review had determined its artificial intelligence and cloud computing products were being used to help carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians. The action comes after The Associated Press and The Guardian published reports earlier this year revealing how the Israeli Ministry of Defense had been using Microsoft's Azure platform to aid in the…
The decision was taken after investigating allegations of the use of the group's technologies for the massive monitoring of Palestinian civilians.
The technology company puts an end to the military unit's access to artificial intelligence and data services after The Guardian revealed a secret spy project, although access to other services is maintained
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