Microsoft Faces New Complaint For Unlawfully Processing Data On Behalf of Israeli Military (aljazeera.com)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/04/2153226/microsoft-faces-new-complaint-for-unlawfully-processing-data-on-behalf-of-israeli-military
- Source link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/4/live-gaza-mourns-victims-of-israeli-genocide-that-never-really-ended?update=4150478
> The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has announced it filed a complaint against Microsoft, [2]accusing the global tech giant of unlawfully processing data on behalf of the Israeli military and facilitating the killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. In the complaint, the council asked the Data Protection Commission -- the European Union's lead data regulator for the company -- to "urgently investigate" Microsoft Ireland's processing.
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> "Microsoft's technology has put millions of Palestinians in danger. These are not abstract data-protection failures -- they are violations that have enabled real-world violence," Joe O'Brien, ICCL's executive director, said in a statement. "When EU infrastructure is used to enable surveillance and targeting, the Irish Data Protection Commission must step in -- and it must use its full powers to hold Microsoft to account."
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> After months of complaints from rights groups and Microsoft whistleblowers, the company said in September it [3]cancelled some services to the Israeli military over concerns that it was violating Microsoft's terms of service by using cloud computing software to spy on millions of Palestinians.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~Alain+Williams
[2] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/12/4/live-gaza-mourns-victims-of-israeli-genocide-that-never-really-ended?update=4150478
[3] https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/25/1916215/microsoft-disables-some-cloud-services-used-by-israels-defense-ministry
Re: Here we go (Score:1, Insightful)
Yep. And in such a situation, mercenary considerations take priority: better to *not* throw in with the guys you have to pat down for suicide vests.
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The M.E. has a way of driving everyone crazy; you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Put HAZMAT tape around the area and warn everybody away. Leave them on their own, giving them no food nor weapons; if they bonk each other to oblivion, it's their problem, not ours. I think it's God's Insane Asylum.
Non-nuts have migrated somewhere quieter, leaving mostly nuts in place, a Sanity Filter. I'm just the messenger.
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I could see anti-authoritarianism. Most actual jews that I've met have been nice people. The government of Israel, however, is vile.
OTOH, I don't see any sane way to deal with the situation. The comment "surround the place with hazard tape and stay away" has a lot going for it.
No problem with the Pentagon, though (Score:5, Insightful)
Apparently it's only a problem when Israel does this. The Pentagon, no problem. It's that double standard that defines antisemitism.
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No, the Pentagon/Trumpster should be called out too. And that's NOT anti-American to do that.
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Nah, man. I've read stuff people post here. Double-standards are not antisemitic. They're just hateful towards Jews.
Irish Council for Civil Liberties (Score:1)
So three Irishmen enter a bar... How are we to take this seriously?
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Now, that's just anti-hibernianism /s
Tombstones read (Score:1)
"Cause of death: Data processing"
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The Jews hashtagged them to death?
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No, BSOD.