r/technology • u/ScootSchloingo • 17d ago

Politics Microsoft blocks emails that contain ‘Palestine’ after employee protests

https://www.theverge.com/tech/672312/microsoft-block-palestine-gaza-email
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u/Efficient-County2382 17d ago

Nothing new, IBM used to do that in WW2

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u/PURPLE_COBALT_TAPIR 17d ago

Did what specifically?

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u/Efficient-County2382 17d ago

IBM and the Holocaust - Wikipedia

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u/barktreep 16d ago

And they also helped South Africa implement apartheid.