“I felt like I was the right person to play the role.” Ex-Microsoft employee Vaniya Agrawal on why she disrupted Microsoft’s Bill Gates panel to protest the company’s ties to the Israeli military. Watch full interview ➡: youtu.be/QL-WKTThUoo

Meta is upset after I won the Pulitzer Prize yesterday. It has suspended my Facebook account for the second time in a week.

UPDATE: A MESSAGE FROM STUDENT ACTIONISTS INSIDE ❤️‍🔥

We know this moment is fleeting, and that we do not have the capacity to hold it permanently at this time. But one day, this entire building and all the knowledge it holds will be liberated for good, and every book will belong to the free children of the world.

ALL OUT TO BROOKLYN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW‼️ NYPD are moving into the Hassan Ayyad Liberation Zone but the students refuse to surrender until their demands are met 🇵🇸

"In this digital and AI age, cloud and AI have really become as deadly as bombs and bullets," says former Microsoft worker @Vaniya_Agrawal. "These systems are responsible for developing kill lists and target banks."

BREAKING! No Azure for Apartheid disrupts Satya's keynote during Microsoft Build! SHUT DOWN MICROSOFT BUILD FOR PALESTINE! #IOFOffAzure #MSBuild #SHUTDOWNMSBUILD #SHUTDOWNMICROSOFTBUILD #NoAzureForApartheid

BREAKING! Microsoft worker and member of No Azure for Apartheid sends a company-wide email explaining why they disrupted Satya's keynote during Microsoft Build! (1/2)🧵 #IOFOffAzure #MSBuild #SHUTDOWNMSBUILD #SHUTDOWNMICROSOFTBUILD #NoAzureForApartheid

We shut down Microsoft Build for Palestine! Our rally took over the street during busy lunch hour and we deployed a banner drop inside the Seattle Convention Center where #MSBuild is held!(1/2)🧵 #IOFOffAzure #SHUTDOWNMSBUILD #NoAzureForApartheid #microsoft #NoTechForApartheid

Despite SPD and Microsoft Build security brutally retaliating, launching pepper spray and arresting a protestor, we stood resolute and continued our rally. SPD, KKK, IOF, ALL THE SAME!

🚨BREAKING🚨 Former Microsoft workers and No Azure for Apartheid organizers Hossam Nasr and Vaniya Agrawal disrupt Sarah Bird, Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI at a Microsoft Build Day 2!

Vaniya Agrawal, an ex-Microsoft engineer, says she was fired for protesting against what she says is the company's ties to Israel. Agrawal shares her story on why she chose to stand up for Palestinians in Gaza ⤵️

📢Disruption! Protesters launch a sound disruption at Microsoft Build - Day 2! Reading "MSFT TECH KILLS" on one side and "IOF OFF AZURE" on the other, the sign and the noise maker, attached to helium balloons, floated to the ceiling. #NoAzureForApartheid #IOFOffAzure #MSBuild

Microsoft employees have discovered that any emails they send with the terms “Palestine” or “Gaza” are getting temporarily blocked from being sent. Microsoft confirmed to The Verge that it has implemented some form of email changes. Details 👇 theverge.com/tech/672312/mi…

🚨🚨 BREAKING 🚨🚨 Microsoft fires Joe Lopez for disrupting Genocide-profiteer Satya Nadella during Microsoft Build Keynote speech and bans words like "Palestine", "Gaza" and "Genocide" in all company emails!! Stay tuned for a full statement from No Azure for Apartheid!

Microsoft is facing internal backlash over its provision of cloud services and AI tools to the Israeli military. The company is now reportedly blocking employee emails containing terms like “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “genocide.” The block was revealed by No Azure for Apartheid, a

See here for the *real* version of the “miCRosoFT sTatEmEnT oN tHe iSsUeS rELatiNg tO tEcHnOLoGy iN IsRaEL aNd GaZa”:

YESTERDAY’S DISRUPTION ON THE LAST DAY OF MICROSOFT BUILD #MSBuild ! Protesters throw red glitter and No Azure for Apartheid flyers about Microsoft's direct complicity in genocide

Microsoft has shown its true face. They would rather brutalize, detain, fire, and pepper spray their workers and former workers, and completely censor the word “Palestine” in all internal emails, than simply cut ties with an apartheid genocidal army. Our statement below:

🗣️ "SHUT IT DOWN! SHUT IT DOWN" Two weeks ago, No Azure for Apartheid led a week of online and on-the-ground actions against Microsoft and successfully SHUT DOWN Microsoft Build for Palestine!