*Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails
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/After days of disruption by pro-Palestine activists at its Build
developer conference, No Azure for Apartheid said, Microsoft made it
impossible to send emails containing "Palestine" or "Gaza."
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Waqas Ahmed and Murtaza Hussain
Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails
containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal
Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of
pro-Palestine Microsoft employees. The automated filter, which silently
prevents such emails from reaching recipients was first detected on
Wednesday—just after Microsoft’s Build developer conference faced
repeated disruptions by the activist group.
Microsoft has been rocked by internal dissent over its collaboration
with the Israeli military and government amid the ongoing assault on
Gaza. The company has faced disruptions to its events, including
protests from employees over its provision of cloud services and other
critical infrastructure used by the Israeli military.
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