Pro-Palestinian Activists Clash with Police at Seattle Microsoft Event
- On Monday at the Seattle Convention Center, pro-Palestinian activists disrupted Microsoft's annual Build conference, including an employee interrupting CEO Satya Nadella's keynote speech.
- The protest arose from mounting employee and public criticism of Microsoft's cloud and AI work with the Israeli government amid accusations of genocide in Gaza.
- Activists, including the group No Azure for Apartheid made up of current employees, organized rallies and disruptions urging Microsoft to stop contracts supporting Israeli military operations.
- Microsoft conducted internal reviews and stated it found no evidence that its Azure or AI technology was used to harm Palestinian civilians, despite reports linking its tech to Israeli military infrastructure.
- The disruptions and ongoing activism reflect intensifying pressures on Microsoft to reconsider its role in the conflict, highlighting deep employee and public divisions over corporate responsibility.
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Pro-Palestinian activists clash with police at Seattle Microsoft event
SEATTLE – Demonstrators opposed to Microsoft’s work for the Israeli government attempted shortly after noon on Monday to push their way into the tech giant’s annual software conference in Seattle.
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