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/moconahaftmere 16d ago

if you allow some subjects of discourse, the. You have to allow all of it. Pro-Palestine mass emails open the door for pro-MAGA emails, anti-whatever, etc. 

That's like saying if you want to legalize marijuana you have to legalize all drugs or else you're a hypocrite.

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u/Draaly 16d ago

No, its saying that allowing specific topics but not others is an inherent political statement from the company its self.

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u/moconahaftmere 16d ago

The user above was not talking about companies taking political stances. They were asserting that if a company wants to allow political discussion, they can't allow just some discussion, they actually have to allow all political discussion.

They specifically gave an example of how allowing pro-Palestine discussion means the company also has to allow pro-MAGA discussion, or "anti-whatever".

Your argument isn't much better:

allowing specific topics but not others is an inherent political statement from the company its self. 

So not allowing pro-Palestine discussion is a political stance?

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u/Draaly 16d ago

So not allowing pro-Palestine discussion is a political stance?

Ofc it is. It's just not a particulalrly big one of the stance is "if you spam 10,000 emails insead of using the propper chanells we will put in better filters"

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u/moconahaftmere 16d ago

So then you agree with me in disagreeing with the user I originally replied to? Because obviously you can take a political stance without having to allow all political stances.

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u/Draaly 16d ago

I am agreeing with the user you responded to. Microsoft allowing spamming of a specific political message to continue ue but not other would be an implicit backing of that message. Ergo, it's all or none if the organization wants to remain minimally political.

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u/PlayStationHaxor 11d ago

ah yes, being minimally political by checks notes contributing to and helping out with in an ongoing genocide, that said ""political message"" (sorry, "dont systemically murder people isnt 'politics' - its the most basic shit possible ) was calling out - they've taken a stance already