Microsoft Protesters Occupy President’s Office as Company Reviews Its Work With Israel’s Military

Redmond, USA, April 30, 2023: Microsoft corporation headquarters glass building concept. Software products and operating systems producer company symbol on front facade 3d illustration.

REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Police have arrested seven people after they occupied an office at Microsoft’s headquarters in Washington state. The protest group No Azure for Apartheid says those arrested included current and former Microsoft employees, and that they occupied an office of company President Brad Smith. Azure is Microsoft’s primary cloud computing platform. Smith says Microsoft is looking into reports that the Israeli military has used Azure to help select targets in the ongoing war in Gaza, but that any such use would violate the company’s terms of service. Smith told a media briefing Tuesday that Microsoft will uphold its human rights principles and its contractual terms of service.