Microsoft blocks emails that contain ‘Palestine’ after employee protests
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Microsoft employees have found that terms such as “Palestine” and “Gaza” are being blocked in the company’s email service, according to the No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) protest group.
It reports that workers have been restricted in sending emails with these terms in the subject line or the body of the message when sending messages inside and outside the company.
The company confirmed it has made changes to reduce what it terms “politically focused emails” internally, saying it has an opt-in forum for employees who wish to receive such messages.
The move comes in the same week that employees and former employees disrupted Microsoft’s Build developer conference to protest at the company’s contracts with the Israeli government.