A group of Microsoft employees has reported that on corporate emails it is no longer possible to write a series of words including Gaza, Palestine and genocide. The new policy was confirmed by a company spokesman: “It is not appropriate to send an email to a large number of people on a theme that is not connected to work”.
The entrance of the employees is started in early April. Microsoft had organized an event a Redmondin the state of Washington. It was supposed to be a showcase to celebrate the company’s 50 years. In the end the only clips that became viral of that event were the disputes of employees who interrupted the speakers. A scene that replicated only a few days ago, when the CEO of Microsoft was interrupted during an event, Satya Nadella.
The reason for protests is always the same. Several groups of Microsoft employees accuses the company of working closely with the Government of Israelproviding technologies ranging from cloud computing artificial intelligence.
Some employees also gathered in the movement No azure for apartheid (Noaa) who asks Microsoft to block any direct or indirect relationship with Israel. Azure is the Microsoft division that is dedicated to cloud computing, that technology that allows you to remotely exploit spaces and data processing and storage services.
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The new Microsoft line on corporate emails
The employees who gathered under the abbreviation No Azure for Apartheid have explained that in the last few days they have been included in the company mailboxes of the filters to block the sending of messages which contain references to Gaza, Palestine or Genocide. And this happens both for emails objects and for the content of the text.
This policy was also confirmed by Frank Shawspokesman for Microsoft who spoke with the magazine The Verge: “It is not appropriate to send an email to a large number of people on a theme that is not closely connected to work. In the last few days a series of emails with a political focus have been sent to tens of thousands of employees. We have tried to find a way to reduce this type of email”.
