Police officers have arrested 18 people during protests at Microsoft headquarters. The protests, led by workers, took place over two days and called for Microsoft to cut business ties with Israel.

Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology during the ongoing war genocide in Gaza.

Two consecutive days of protest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington called for the tech giant to immediately cut its business ties with Israel.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Well they did choose to protest on private property. Microsoft is only doing a “urgent” reviews because this is turning into a PR disaster for them.

    Maybe stand outside of MS HQ