NationofChange: “A new legal and shareholder campaign warns that Microsoft’s military contracts expose the company and its executives to international and domestic liability.

Microsoft is under mounting scrutiny for its role in providing technology and cloud services to the Israeli military as the assault on Gaza continues to devastate Palestinian civilians and infrastructure. Days before Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting on December 5, an international coalition of legal and human rights organizations warned that the company and its leadership may face legal liability for ‘aiding and abetting … atrocity crimes’ committed by Israeli forces. The warning comes as activists, employees, investors, and international courts intensify pressure on corporations supplying the technology infrastructure that has enabled what experts have described as the ‘first AI-powered genocide.’

The coalition’s open letter, released on December 2, states that ‘over the last few months, it has become exceedingly clear that Microsoft’s services and technologies have been used to violate Palestinian human rights,’ a fact that legal advocates say should concern shareholders preparing to vote at the upcoming meeting. Eric Sype of 7amleh–The Arab Center for Social Media Advancement said that investors ‘should be aware of just how much this opens up the company to legal liability.’ The letter was signed by groups including the Abolitionist Law Center, Avaaz Foundation, European Legal Support Center, SOMO, Center for Constitutional Rights, Ekō, and GLAN.”

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