Microsoft Blocks Israeli Military's Use of Azure Cloud for Mass Surveillance of Palestinians
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Summary
Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military's access to its Azure cloud data centers after discovering they were being used for mass surveillance of Palestinian civilians. The surveillance operation collected millions of daily phone calls from Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, storing the data on Microsoft's platform. Microsoft determined this violated its terms of service and informed Israel's spy agency that the practice must cease immediately.
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The surveillance system collected millions of phone calls made by Palestinian civilians every day in Gaza and the West Bank
Microsoft just informed Israel's spy agency that this practice will no longer be acceptable
The company says that the country's spy agency has violated its terms of service
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