Microsoft cuts off Israel’s Unit 8200 from cloud services after surveillance revelations

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Microsoft has blocked Israel’s Unit 8200 from accessing some of its cloud services, following revelations by The Guardian that the intelligence unit had used Microsoft’s platforms for surveillance operations. According to the investigation, the IDF’s Unit 8200 stored recordings of millions of calls made by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Microsoft’s Azure cloud, and used the company’s computing tools to analyze the data.

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/gzlnr9rg2

 

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On 26/09/2025 at 13:09, Theig1949 said:

wild move from microsoft, shows how even tech giants sometimes draw lines when state power goes too far. but funny thing – cloud supposed to be neutral tool, and yet it always ends up reflecting politics. makes you wonder if in digital age real borders are not land, but data.

Geographical data jurisdiction is a very real thing.

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Microsoft was providing AI to Israel, but Israel no longer needs Microsoft's AI.

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I read another website that has this story.   That website said:

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According to the report, since 2022, Unit 8200 had uploaded extensive databases of Palestinian Arab phone calls to Microsoft’s cloud, as part of a project approved during a meeting the previous year between the unit’s commander and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

The article on another website mentions this and the article on the link does not mention this   It has no mention of Nadella in their article.    

 

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Israel is keeping Europe safe from terrorism hopefully Microsoft decision will not disrupt Israel Defence Forces operations too much.

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On 18/10/2025 at 15:31, fastcat said:

Israel is keeping Europe safe from terrorism hopefully Microsoft decision will not disrupt Israel Defence Forces operations too much.

What kind of brainwashed nonsense is this?

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Given that there were high profile resignations and protests from within Microsoft on this exact topic, I wonder if they will be reinstated, or at least an apology issues?