Microsoft on Thursday said it disabled a set of cloud and AI services used by a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense after an internal review found preliminary evidence supporting media reports of a surveillance system in Gaza and the West Bank.Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, said the company opened the review after an article by the Guardian alleged activity by a unit of the Israel Defense Forces.A joint investigation published in early August by the Guardian, Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 ...

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does "not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.†...

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has disabled some services it provides to the Israel Ministry of Defense over allegations the ministry had used Azure to conduct mass surveillance of civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. "As we publicly announced on August 15, we ...