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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 days ago

Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel

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Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel

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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 days ago
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Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel: 'If you knowingly build systems that can enable war crimes, you inevitably become complicit in those crimes'
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The art rock legend says he stands with Microsoft workers protesting the company's support of the Israeli military's ongoing attacks in Gaza.
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    Microsoft continues to provide the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are crucial in empowering and accelerating Israel’s genocidal efforts targeting Palestinians.

    via petition text

    https://www.972mag.com/cloud-israeli-army-gaza-amazon-google-microsoft/

    ‘Order from Amazon’: How tech giants are storing mass data for Israel’s war

    The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service to store surveillance information on Gaza’s population, while procuring further AI tools from Google and Microsoft for military purposes, an investigation reveals.

    https://scribe.rip/@notechforapartheid/a-marriage-made-in-hell-an-introduction-to-microsofts-complicity-in-apartheid-and-genocide-d7dfad65a196


    Is every single Israeli resident complicit in what their government is doing? None of them should be allowed to use Windows?

    This is not about Israeli citizens using Windows. This is about Microsoft’s contracts with the Israeli military and government.

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