Microsoft has quietly implemented a policy blocking employee emails containing the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” or “genocide” on its internal Exchange servers, according to No Azure for Apartheid, a group of pro-Palestine Microsoft employees. The automated filter, which silently prevents such emails from reaching recipients was first detected on Wednesday—just after Microsoft’s Build developer conference faced repeated disruptions by the activist group.
Microsoft has been rocked by internal dissent over its collaboration with the Israeli military and government amid the ongoing assault on Gaza. The company has faced disruptions to its events, including protests from employees over its provision of cloud services and other critical infrastructure used by the Israeli military.
Now, the company appears to be tightening its grip on internal discourse. The terms “Israel” and “P4lestine” do not trigger a block, the group said. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Well, after years and years and years and years of hating Microsoft for techie reasons, then privacy/“telemetry” reasons, and removing them in all ways from my life wherever possible, now I can hate them for being morally bankrupt in other ways.
On the plus side, they continue to validate my nearly twenty years of touching their software only when paid to do so.
My hate for Microsoft started with its anticompetitive business practices.
So, basically always then? Yeah, me too :)
That’s part of “techie reasons” for me. 😁
the night at the roxbury vid was funny
but gates can still steve my ballmers…
I make it clear at the interview stage that I won’t work with any Microsoft products as a condition of my employment. Around the same time as I say I won’t be working on-call. Its a great way to filter out bad companies
Just start referring to it as “Isn’trael” then.
P:ale:st:ine 🇵🇸
Easier: PaIestine
A stein is a cup to drink beer from, If your beer is not very yellow, you might have a pale stein.
Feels like at a certain point folks will have to choose between being a Microsoft employee or being pro Palestine.
seems like that certain point is now, if not very, very soon :P
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Using company email for anything other than work purposes has always been a terrible idea.
