Microsoft is under fire for supplying AI and cloud services to "Israel" amid the war on Gaza, raising legal concerns over its role in war crimes and surveillance.
As it prepares for its annual shareholders meeting on December 5, Microsoft is facing growing scrutiny over its ties to the Israeli military, ScheerPost reported. Human rights advocates accuse the tech giant of supplying services that enable "Israel’s" genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.
An international coalition of legal aid groups published an open letter on December 2, warning that Microsoft and its leadership may be legally liable for “aiding and abetting … atrocity crimes” committed by "Israel" against Palestinian civilians.
“Over the last few months, it has become exceedingly clear that Microsoft’s services and technologies have been used to violate Palestinian human rights,” said Eric Sype, US national organizer at 7amleh–The Arab Center for Social Media Advancement, in a statement.
The legal aid coalition claims Microsoft has provided “major services” to Israeli ground, air, and naval forces, including Mamram, the military’s central computing system, referred to as a “weapons platform". Mamram reportedly received rapid support from Microsoft in the early stages of the genocide to maintain operational stability.
Gearóid Ó Cuinn, director of the Global Legal Action Network, stated that European infrastructure, including Microsoft systems, powers "Israel’s" military targeting. “European law is explicit: if your systems materially enable atrocity crimes or unlawful population-level surveillance, you inherit serious legal exposure.” (more...)
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