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Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by j_maffe »

periodjet wrote: post #44
noworriesnate wrote: post #5

TIL that Microsoft is the least Israel-friendly of the big three clouds: > Among the cloud giants, Microsoft is considered the most vulnerable to anti-Israel protests and allegations of the use made by the Ministry of Defense on Azure, its cloud platforms, since it is the only company among the three major cloud companies that has not signed a special agreement with the Israeli government and the Ministry of Defense.…

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Do you wanna discuss what is the reason is for like 50% of those countries being dictatorships? https://mondoweiss.net/2012/01/carter-us-backed-egyptian-dic...

Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by j_maffe »

danudey wrote: post #43
computerex wrote: post #10

Okay, now I will be supporting Azure products and will try to bring them into my workplace over AWS/Google Cloud.

The reason cited for this whole fiasco is that some of the Ministry of Defense's genocide work could be performed by servers in the EU, which could expose Microsoft to legal or regulatory issues. It's not that Microsoft was against this, it's that Microsoft was against themselves getting in trouble for this with the EU.

Well they did put in their contracts with the Israeli government that their services can't be used for mass surveilance which makes them slightly less evil than Google/Amazon.

Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by sdellis »

exolymph wrote: post #120
ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #85

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Thanks for the link, I didn't realize the EFF spent their money on such things. I honestly thought they focused on free speech/privacy/open source. I'm not trying to argue pro Israel or what not, I just wish they'd focus on their core mission.

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This comment makes it sound like you are trying to belittle people who work at nonprofits to make yourself feel better about putting profits over people.

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Post by WarmWash »

noworriesnate wrote: post #55
hersko wrote: post #7

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Being anti-Israel is a bipartisan position in the US among the constituents but not among the representatives (yet)

Ehhh, people the on right hate Israel because they are Jewish and people on the left hate Israel because they are the oppressors in the conflict.

Maybe there is some solidarity but rightoids love oppressors and lefties love non-discrimination.

Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by WarmWash »

bhouston wrote: post #22
Animats wrote: post #6

So Israel is switching to Google and Amazon. Hm.

Yup. Google and Amazon knew their tech could be used for human rights abuses in Israel (their lawyers warned them so) but Google and Amazon apparently value $$$ more than human rights per this EFF article: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/google-and-amazon-ackn...

I wonder if they would provide Hamas resources too to balance it out.

Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by rexpop »

rexpop wrote: post #15
hersko wrote: post #11

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It was held in the U.S., not in Gaza, at Nethermead Lawn in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. There are also other Gaza 5K events in U.S. cities, including Dallas and Milwaukee, depending on the year and location.

I stand corrected: https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/photos-palestinian-marathon...

Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by rexpop »

hersko wrote: post #19
dpoloncsak wrote: post #13

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Nope [1], they actually hosted a 5k in Gaza. Can you imagine Holocaust survivors or Armenians during the genocide taking part in a 5k? I can't. Also, it is definitely not "by any modern definition" a genocide. Ireland is currently trying to broaden the definition of the term just to indict Israel [2] [1] https://ca.news.yahoo.com/palestine-marathon-returns-gaza-we... [2] https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409187

Well, there was an "orchestra" in Auschwitz.

Re: Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy

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Post by starefossen »

ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #85
bhouston wrote: post #16

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> TIL that Microsoft is the least Israel-friendly of the big three clouds This is a good thing. American companies should not be allowing their tech to be used to in the gross ongoing human rights violations in Israel/Gaza/West Bank. Google and Amazon knew their tech could be used for human rights abuses in Israel (their lawyers warned them so) but ignored that in favour of $$$ per the EFF: https://www.eff.org/deepli…

Thanks for the link, I didn't realize the EFF spent their money on such things. I honestly thought they focused on free speech/privacy/open source. I'm not trying to argue pro Israel or what not, I just wish they'd focus on their core mission.

Freedom is literally in their name. Can it be more core than that?
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