Redmond, wash. – Hours after the entry and occupation of his office by a group protesting Microsoft’s technology with Israel, the organization’s president Brad Smith stood by his desk on Tuesday afternoon, addressing an immediate press conference.
Two of them were currently Microsoft employees in the occupation and one was a former Google employee, Smith said – this group tries to underscore the company’s position, There is no azur for racismIt does not represent the workforce.
Smith said that they had prevented the people from entering and planting in crude hearing devices in the form of hidden cell phones under the furniture. After the protesters refused to leave while asking, he said the Redmond police had to be physically removed from their building. Police said seven people were arrested on charges with blame and barrier.
The extraordinary twist of the events was after a two -day protests last week, which has called for Microsoft to break his relationship with Israel, complaining that its clouds and AI tools were being used in human rights violations against Palestinians in Gaza. Last Wednesday, protesters occupied a plaza on the eastern campus of the company and refused to spread.
Smith said that these national steps are not necessary to pay attention to us. “
More importantly, he said that this type of activity was “distracted from the real conversation” which is with Israeli and Palestinians, with the internal groups of internal groups, with the employee group of various backgrounds, beliefs and cultures inside Microsoft.
Smith said that the company was committed to retaining its human rights policies. He re -noted that Microsoft was actively investigating From a report Guardian The Israeli military is accused of abusing the cloud platform by the Israeli military as part of the Palestinian surveillance in Gaza.
Guardian Smith said, “It was a fair job in the report,” he added that after contacting the company for the story, Microsoft was able to determine that some information was false, some were true and “most of what they have reported now need to be tested.”
He also addressed Bloomberg News is a report on Tuesday morning Microsoft asked the FBI to help for protests. Smith admits that a member of Microsoft’s security personnel sent an email to the local FBI office in April that the company had any information about the protests in the Seatol region.
Addressing Microsoft’s relationship with the Israeli military, Smith said that the Israeli Defense Force was the “huge majority” of the company “to protect the cybersquarters of the state of Israel.” He mentioned that this work was often done by combining the UAE in other countries of the region to protect against Iran and Russia’s cyber threats.
Asked if the two microsoft employees arrested on Tuesday would face internal discipline, Smith replied, “We will keep an eye on,” and mentioned that some of them were also arrested last week. He has called for a situation to be arrested twice that “standard employee is not behavior”.
Smith made a difference in the Microsoft campus last week and in peaceful protests in public spaces. “People can protest in public spaces, whether they are at the Redmond Transit Center or in a public lake outside my house,” he said.
It was a mention of the protesters Lake On Sunday, where they gathered in front of Smith and Nadella Waterside Holmes, chanting big banners and displayed, “Microsoft kills kids” and “True + Brad = War Criminals”.
Asked how the protesters were violated in a protected area, Smith did not provide details but revealed that an employee was contacting people on Monday to try to get a copy of the floor plan from a racist for a racist. It was not clear when that employee report made it to Microsoft officials.
Smith said that the company “will adapt our protection accordingly.”
Smith concludes a press conference on a Monday note, acknowledging the human number of Middle East conflict between the two sides. He said that Microsoft employees are deeply careful about 1,139 people who died of the Oct Oct Oct, 2021, Hamas attack and 251 hostage.
He also added that this company has been deeply careful about the death of 17,7 children, with the death of Gaza, 000,6 civilians and thousands of people facing severe risk of famine.
“We can’t do everything we want to change the world, but we know our roles,” he said. “We have come here to provide technology in a principle and moral way.”