{"id":15571,"date":"2025-04-08T18:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=15571"},"modified":"2025-04-08T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:28:18","slug":"microsoft-fires-employees-for-protesting-ai-collaboration-with-israeli-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/08\/microsoft-fires-employees-for-protesting-ai-collaboration-with-israeli-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Fires Employees for Protesting AI Collaboration with Israeli Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Microsoft fired two employees after they disrupted a celebration marking the company&#8217;s 50th anniversary in protest of its collaboration in providing AI technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing workers at the company. Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment about the incident as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"906\">The protests began on Friday when Moroccan software engineer Ibtihal Abou El Saad took to the stage during a presentation by Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft\u2019s Executive Vice President of AI, who was announcing new features and future visions for the company&#8217;s AI ambitions. Abou El Saad shouted, \u201cMustafa, shame on you,\u201d accusing the company of selling AI weapons to the Israeli army. She added, \u201c50,000 people have died, and Microsoft is supporting this genocide in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"1352\">The protest interrupted Suleyman\u2019s speech, which was being broadcast live from Microsoft\u2019s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, in the presence of company founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer. Suleyman responded, \u201cThank you for your protest, I hear you.\u201d But Abou El Saad continued shouting, accusing Suleyman and Microsoft of having \u201cblood on their hands,\u201d before throwing a keffiyeh onto the stage and being removed from the event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15438\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/^^7777.jpg\" alt=\"Moroccan Programmer Confronts Microsoft Over AI Ties to Israeli War Crimes\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/^^7777.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/^^7777-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/^^7777-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan developer Ibtihal Abou El Saad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"247\"><strong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"247\">More Employees Join Protest, Face Termination<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1711\">She wasn\u2019t the only one to protest. Another employee, Vanya Agrawal, interrupted a different part of the event during the presence of Gates, Ballmer, and current CEO Satya Nadella on stage. Abou El Saad reported that she was notified of her termination via a video call with an HR representative on Monday. Agrawal received her termination notice via email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1949\">A previous investigation by the Associated Press had revealed that AI models from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/26\/how-microsoft-supported-israels-military-operations-in-gaza-a-look-at-cloud-and-ai-collaboration\/\">Microsoft<\/a> and OpenAI were being used in an Israeli military program to select bombing targets during the genocidal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/06\/moroccan-programmer-confronts-microsoft-over-ai-ties-to-israeli-war-crimes\/\">war<\/a> in Gaza and the assault on Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"2167\">This is not the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/04\/microsoft-employees-protest-ai-contracts-with-israeli-military\/\">Microsoft<\/a> has faced employee protests over its ties to Israel. In February, the company dismissed five employees from a meeting with Nadella for protesting contracts with the Israeli state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11697\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11697 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/423-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"Ethical concerns tech warfare\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/423-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/423-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/423-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/423.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google and Microsoft military involvement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"119\"><strong data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"119\">Big Tech Faces Growing Worker Backlash<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2169\" data-end=\"2500\">In a statement issued on Friday, Microsoft said: \u201cWe provide many avenues for all voices to be heard. It is important that this occurs in a way that does not disrupt business. When that happens, we ask participants to move to another location. We are committed to ensuring that our business practices uphold the highest standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2502\" data-end=\"2656\">The company declined to comment on whether it would take further action. Abou El Saad said she lost access to her work accounts shortly after the protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2658\" data-end=\"3037\">It\u2019s worth noting that dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/06\/leaked-documents-reveal-google-and-microsofts-deep-military-involvement-in-israels-war-on-gaza\/\">Google<\/a> employees were fired last year for protesting a $1.2 billion contract, known as Project Nimbus, to provide AI technology to the Israeli government. Google offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, saw sit-ins in protest of the deal, and the fired workers filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board to regain their jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Microsoft fired two employees after they disrupted a celebration marking the company&#8217;s 50th anniversary in protest of its collaboration in providing AI technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing workers at the company. Microsoft did not respond to a request for comment about the incident as of Monday. 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