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propagandaMicrosoft launched two employees who stopped Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the company To protest his work by providing artificial intelligence technology (AI) to the Israeli army, according to a group representing workers.
Microsoft accused a worker on Monday In a speech rejection of behavior, “a designer to gain a bad reputation and causes the maximum interruption of this expected event.” Microsoft said that The other worker has already announced his resignationBut Monday ordered him to leave five days ago.
The protests started on Friday when IBTIAAL AbousSad, Microsoft Software EngineerHe approached a scenario in which an executive official announced new features of the products And a long -term vision for Microsoft aspirations In terms of artificial intelligence.
“You are concerned about the use of artificial intelligence forever, however Microsoft sells the army’s artificial intelligence weapons Israel, “Abu Sadad cried in Mustafa Suleiman, the general manager of the artificial intelligence of Microsoft.” Matt 50,000 people and Microsoft reinforces this genocide in our region. “
Suleiman’s protest forced to boycott his speech While broadcast directly from the Microsoft campus in Redmond (Washington). Among the participants in the fiftieth anniversary of the Microsoft Foundation, the founder of Participation, Bill Gates and former adviser to Steve Palmer.
According to Microsoft, Suleiman tried to calm lives. He said, “Thank you for your protest, listen to you.” Abu Sadad continued to scream that Solomon and all Microsoft were their hands with blood. Kefiyeh’s handkerchief also threw the stage, which became a symbol of supporting the Palestinian people, before being accompanied outside the act. A second protester, Vania Agrouwal, an employee of Microsoft, The back of the verb is cut.
Farewell immediately
AusadWhich worked at the headquarters of Microsoft in Toronto, He was invited Monday to a meeting With the notification of the Human Resources Representative as it was immediately sent, according to the Nozure for Apartheid group, who protested the sale of the AZROSoft cloud computing platform to Israel.
An investigation conducted by Associated Press revealed earlier this year that they were used Microsoft and Openai As part of an Israeli military program to choose the targets of bombing during the recent Gaza and Lebanon wars.
The story also contains details a The wrong Israeli air attack in 2023 This reached a vehicle that transported members of a Lebanese family, killing three girls and grandmother. In your letter, M.I tell the iCrosoft AbousSad that he could have raised his fears Secret Director.
Instead, he said that He made “hostile accusations, not provocative and very decent.” Against Solomon and the company and that “his behavior was so aggressive and worrying that he had to accompany him outside the room for security.” Agrawal had already warned two weeks before leaving the company on April 11, but on Monday, an e -mail manager informed that Microsoft “decided to make her resignation effective immediately from today.”
Previous protests of Israel
It was the general protest, but not the first, before Microsoft’s work with Israel. In February, five Microsoft employees were expelled from a meeting with CEO Satia Nadella to protest contracts. “We offer many ways The company’s statement said on Friday “to listen to all votes.”
“It is important to highlight this We ask that this be done in a way that does not cause interruption From work. If this happens, we ask the participants to move. We are committed to ensuring that our commercial practices are met with the strict standards. “
Microsoft refused to say Friday if I would take new measures, however Abu Sad and Agharwal hope to take them after they have lost access to their accounts Work shortly after protest. Dozens of Google workers were launched last year after internal protests against a contract that also had the Israeli government.
The Google Employees’ Session in New York and Sunnyvale, California, aims for an agreement of $ 1.2 billion (1.1 billion euros) known as the name Nimpos ProjectWhich artificial intelligence technology is provided to the Israeli government. Google later filed a complaint with the National Council for Labor Relations in an attempt to restore their jobs.
