Microsoft President Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, a few hours after the protesters got access to a building at the company’s headquarters and Performed a seat inside your office,
In the office occupied by the protesters that day earlier that day, sitting on the edge of his desk, Smith addressed a group of reporters and spectators on a live stream. “Obviously, it was an unusual day,” he said, he spoke in the form of camera shocks.
The protesters were part of the No Azure for the apartheid group many Opportunities This year disrupted Microsoft’s public presentations that the company should abolish all contracts with the Israeli government and the army.
Smith said that Microsoft “is committed to ensuring its human rights principles and the contractual terms of service have been retained in the Middle East.” He said that the company started an investigation earlier this month Guardian Told that the Azure Cloud platform of Microsoft was being used to monitor Palestinians. Smith said that the Microsoft report disagreed with some conclusions, but the other people investigated.
“We are working every day what is going on, and we will,” Smith said.
An organizer for no Azure for Aparthid, Abdo Mohammed, first Told today Ruckus Microsoft employees Ricky Famili and Anna were part of the hotel protest. They were involved by former Microsoft Employees Vania AggarwalHosm Nasar, and Joe Lopez,
Smith said that in total seven people were associated with today’s protests, two of which were Microsoft employees. People were removed by the Redmund police, he said.
“When seven people do the same as today, the storm in a building, occupies an office, locks others out of the office, plant listening tools – even raw form, in the form of telephone, cellphones are hidden under the couch and behind books – it’s not okay,” Smith said. “When they are asked to leave and they refused, it is not right.”
