Microsoft workers protest Build conference for third year over cloud and AI sales to Israeli military
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Microsoft workers from the group "No Azure for Apartheid" protested the company's annual Build conference for the third consecutive year, opposing Microsoft's sale of cloud and AI technologies to the Israeli military and government. The protests, held on land, sea, and air, accused Microsoft of complicity in occupation, apartheid, and genocide against Palestinians, as well as involvement in conflicts in Iran and Lebanon. The first day of the conference featured a rally and speaker program organized by the protesters.
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· 3 pulledNo Azure for Apartheid have led protests and disruptions on land, sea, and air, of the flagship annual Build conference.
It's the third year in a row that they've protested Microsoft's participation in the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.
The disruptions protested the sale of cloud and AI technologies to the Israeli military and government to fuel occupation, apartheid, and genocide in Palestine and the war in Iran and Lebanon.
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