Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during a protest at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Washington. (Photo: David Ryder/Getty Images)
Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters has become the point of intense employee protests, fueled by reports that the company’s Azure cloud platform and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are being used by the ‘Israeli’ military for mass surveillance and AI-driven targeting of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
The protests, led by a group called “No Azure for Apartheid,” began with a Tuesday encampment of approximately 50 people who established what they called a “Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza”.
I just find this odd. They’re working for a large corporation and demanding that it should have some moral standards? Are they not self aware? Corporations exist to make money without consideration for pesky things like ethics. That’s like working at a steak restaurant and then suddenly making a big fuss about how killing animals is bad.
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I just find this odd. They’re working for a large corporation and demanding that it should have some moral standards? Are they not self aware? Corporations exist to make money without consideration for pesky things like ethics. That’s like working at a steak restaurant and then suddenly making a big fuss about how killing animals is bad.