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On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, as part of a No Azure for Apartheid protest.

They declared the area a “Liberated Zone” encampment and said they had changed its name from East Campus Plaza to “The Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza.” The organization, which announced and distributed pictures of the takeover in a press release, said around 50 people were in attendance at the start of the event.

The protesters set up tents and artistic homages to the losses in Gaza, including shrouds and a large plate that reads “Stop Starving Gaza.” They also set up a negotiating table with a sign inviting Microsoft executives to “come to the table” and end the company’s partnership with the Israeli military. The group says it plans to occupy the plaza until they are forcibly removed. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

the Israeli government sought to store recordings and data of up to “a million calls an hour” made by Palestinians.

Yeah, that surely feeds into Israel's Lavender system (ai generated kill lists for targeted assassinations).

See journalists and children illegally killed in this genocide

All communications that are critical must only be made via air gapped, non-electronic messaging

Use of any tech can no longer be trusted

Dead drops, publicly broadcast coded messages, private meetings without any electronics on any participants.

The playbook really hasn’t changed.