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Microsoft reportedly fires staff whose protest interrupted its Copilot event
- Microsoft terminated two software engineers after they protested at a company event regarding the Israeli military's use of its AI products, as reported by CNBC.
- One protester, Aboussad, stated, 'I spoke up today because after learning that my org was powering the genocide of my people in Palestine,' indicating her moral stance.
- Another protester claimed that Microsoft is 'complicit' as a 'digital weapons manufacturer that powers surveillance, apartheid, and genocide.'
- Microsoft described the protest actions as 'designed to gain notoriety and cause maximum disruption.
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The two computer engineers Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal had interrupted the live streaming event for the company's 50th anniversary: “Microsoft be ashamed, your hands are dirty with blood.” Monday, the immediate dismissal letter: 'Hostile, unprovoked and highly inappropriate accusations'
·Italy
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Microsoft fires two employees who protested Israeli use of AI on company's 50th anniversary event
The two employees protested at different times on Friday, but both confirmed they were the employees who disrupted the festivities by sending emails to the company.
·Washington, United States
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Microsoft Fires Employee Protestors Who Disrupted 50th Anniversary Event: 'You Have Shown No Remorse For The Effect That Your Actions Have' - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Microsoft has fired two employees, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, for disrupting the company's 50th-anniversary event.
·New York, United States
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