2025/04/04

Microsoft Software Engineer Demands End to Israeli Defence Contracts

“If I knew my work on transcription scenarios would help spy on and transcribe phone calls to better target Palestinians, I would not have joined Microsoft and contributed to genocide. I did not sign up to write code that violates human rights.”
– Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, in a company-wide email. During a protest at a 50th anniversary event, the AI software engineer condemned Microsoft’s contracts with Israel’s Ministry of Defense and urged her colleagues to demand an end to the relationship.
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