Investigations reveal how cloud computing, AI, and mass surveillance tools supplied by major tech firms have become deeply embedded in Israeli assaults against Palestinians.
An investigations correspondent at The Guardian, Harry Davies, and +972 Magazine journalist, Yuval Abraham, revealed in January that Microsoft had significantly expanded its relationship with "Israel", alongside other major technology firms.
Since then, The Guardian has published a chilling investigative series, produced in collaboration with the Israeli outlet +972 Magazine and the Israeli publication Local Call, detailing what reporters describe as a mutually reinforcing relationship between Silicon Valley and the Israeli occupation forces.
The investigations uncovered how Israeli military operations have increasingly relied on commercial technologies developed by some of the world’s largest tech companies.
One investigation showed that an Israeli mass surveillance system collected nearly all Palestinian phone calls and stored them on Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure. The reporting triggered an internal inquiry that ultimately led Microsoft to cut "Israel" off from certain technologies.
Another report revealed that the Israeli occupation forces had developed a ChatGPT-like system to analyze data obtained through surveillance of Palestinians. A separate investigation found that Google and Amazon had accepted unusually expansive terms in order to secure a major cloud-computing contract with "Israel". (more...)
How big tech became embedded in 'Israel’s' war, surveillance machine
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