Artist and musician Brian Eno – who also composed the famous Windows 95 – Microsoft today called for “the suspension of all services that support any operations that contribute to the violations of international law”, saying that the company plays a role in “monitoring, violence and destruction in Palestine.” It is the latest high -level example of the technology giant who is pressuring its contracts with the Israeli government.
“I took a pleasure on [Windows 95] Eno wrote on Instagram: “I did not think that the same company had linked one day in the mechanism of persecution and war.” I did not think that the same company could be involved in the mechanism of persecution and war. ”I did not think that the company itself could be involved in the mechanism One day, he links him in the mechanism of persecution and war: “A project as a creative challenge and I enjoy interaction with my communications in the company.
Music – who was a member of the influential Rock Rocky band, had a long -term single profession – specifically, called Microsoft specifically Contracts with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Microsoft Recognized Last week, it has contracts with the Israeli government for Cloud and AI services, but it claimed that the internal review that was conducted “there is no evidence” that its tools were using “targeting people or harming” in Gaza.
Microsoft has been transferred to the task in recent weeks due to its commercial dealings with the Israeli government specifically. The screaming on Microsoft contracts is related to Israel’s continuous bombing in Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Human rights groups, including commissions at the United Nations Israel accused of war crimes and Collective genocide In its military operation, which killed thousands. As of this month, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported more than 52,000 deaths Some researchers say This number can reach 109,000 people.
Some of the most famous Microsoft critics are its employees opposed to the company’s relations with Israel.
Earlier this week during the Microsoft developer conference, multiple events on stage, including the keyword speech in Satia Nadila on Monday. During the event, Microsoft employee Joe Lopez Nadella boycottedScreaming, “What about you showing Israeli war crimes supported by Azure?” The next day, a protester described only as a “Palestinian technical worker” Another executive official failurean offer. On Wednesday, the demonstrators disrupted a third session – and in the noise, Microsoft unveiled unintentionally Interior messages related to the Walmart use of the spontaneous organization.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Eno, a long time criticized for the Israeli government From supported by the efforts supporting the eventsInstagram said that he would use his original profits from Windows 95 to help “victims of attacks on Gaza.”
