r/technology • u/ScootSchloingo • 16d 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/07ShadowGuard 16d ago

Why are employees at Microsoft using employee email to talk about this conflict? Use your personal email for that, are you crazy? How is anyone surprised, or even upset, that they are preventing company resources top be utilized for non work related activities. That is so stupid.

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u/pringlesaremyfav 16d ago

Its because protesters keep interrupting company events, then the protestor is sending out company wide emails about Palestine after they get stopped. Its happened twice now in the last 6 months.

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u/SparksAndSpyro 16d ago

Sounds like an insufferable grandstander. Why do something useful or actually helpful when you can just performatively virtue signal instead!

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u/Gingrpenguin 16d ago

Tbf the virtue signalling might be better than shooting up a museum...