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Microsoft employee fears Israel is using her code to kill children in Gaza
A Microsoft employee who disrupted the company’s 50th-anniversary event in protest against the company’s sale of AI tools to the Israeli military has spoken out about her decision to demonstrate.
“We cannot be celebrating while people in Palestine are getting murdered thanks to Microsoft,” Ibtihal Aboussad told local media.
She said she may face consequences for her protest but that her “biggest concern right now” is knowing “that our code is contributing to bombing, surveillance and targeting of innocents”.
She added: “For me, my biggest fear is waking up for my 9-5 and realising that my code might be killing children today. That’s the concern that was more prevalent for me and that’s why I spoke despite knowing there may be consequences.
“The fear of contributing to the genocide in Gaza is greater for me.”
Ibtehal Abu Saad, a Moroccan Harvard graduate and Microsoft engineer, took to the stage during the company’s 50th anniversary celebration to confront AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, accusing him and Microsoft of enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza through Azure services, servers, and… pic.twitter.com/Z3ZC1yethE
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) April 5, 2025
Thousands march to US’s ICE headquarters to protest student detentions
The protesters gathered at Pennsylvania Avenue, not far from the White House, and then they walked to the headquarters of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The reason they did so was because of the concerns over people who have been taken off the streets due to their opposition to what’s happening in Gaza. Those detained have been told their positions are not acceptable and that they may lose their Green Card or their visas to study here.
They include an Iranian student, who wrote an editorial in the college newspaper and found herself bundled into a van by plainclothes police officers and is now being held in detention.
A lot of these cases are going through the judicial system, but there’s clearly widespread concern that First Amendment protections – the right to free speech – are not being applied as they should be.
