Tag: human rights

Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data

This long history of violence, skulduggery, and spying raises troubling questions about whether a corporation founded and staffed by dozens of individuals from such an organization can be trusted with billions of users’ private and personal data. By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The… Read More Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data

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Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’

Turmoil spreads at company over Israel’s extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza war Timothy Pratt For the second time in the last month, Microsoft employees disrupted high-level executives speaking at an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary on 4 April, in protest against the company’s role in Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza.… Read More Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’

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Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency

GAZA casualties, live statistics A wave of Israeli airstrikes on encampments for displaced Palestinians has killed at least 40 people across Gaza, as Hamas officials said consultations on response to Israel truce offer “almost complete”. Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the al-Mawasi area of the southern city… Read More Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency

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‘Alarming’: DU asks professor to submit text of proposed lecture at US university for leave approval

According to Apoorvanand Jha, a professor at DU, the university had informed him that his leave application could not be approved without consultation with the Union Ministry of Education. NEW DELHI: Delhi University (DU) professor Apoorvanand Jha said that the university administration has asked him to submit the text of his proposed lecture at an… Read More ‘Alarming’: DU asks professor to submit text of proposed lecture at US university for leave approval

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Trump Faces Palestine

Aviva Chomsky In the colonial view of the world — and, in its own strange fashion, Donald Trump’s view couldn’t be more colonial — White European colonizers were embattled beacons of civilization, rationality, and progress, confronting dangerous barbaric hordes beyond (and even, sometimes, within) their own frontiers. Colonial violence then was a necessary form of… Read More Trump Faces Palestine

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Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event disrupted by employee protests over AI use in Israeli military operations: ‘Shame on you’

At Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, the mood shifted dramatically when a company employee disrupted the event to protest Microsoft’s involvement in Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The demonstration took place while Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, was presenting updates on the company’s AI assistant, Copilot, at its headquarters. Videos circulating online… Read More Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event disrupted by employee protests over AI use in Israeli military operations: ‘Shame on you’

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American Freefall

It was never about eliminating antisemitism. It was always about silencing Palestine By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News Some people worth citing this week. They speak of different matters, but when we put all their apples and oranges into a basket we discover they belong together, their bright colors confronting us with a challenge: It is… Read More American Freefall

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Israel’s killing of paramedics: a new atrocity in an unending conflict

Editorial After 18 months of slaughter, it is still possible to be shocked by events in Gaza. More than 50,000 people have been killed, according to Palestinian health authorities. More are starving because Israel has cut off aid. The offensive is intensifying again – with 100 children killed or maimed each day since Israel resumed… Read More Israel’s killing of paramedics: a new atrocity in an unending conflict

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‘It’s Not the Time To Be Afraid Anymore’ Columbia Students Fight Back Against Deportation Threats

By Tamara Turki / Mondoweiss Hundreds of Columbia students gathered frantically on Tuesday, March 25 in a cathedral near campus for an emergency union meeting, debating how to respond against what they described as the university administration’s “concessions to fascism.”  The uproar ignited on March 9, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Mahmoud Khalil,… Read More ‘It’s Not the Time To Be Afraid Anymore’ Columbia Students Fight Back Against Deportation Threats

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How the attacks on Kunal Kamra undermine the freedoms of all Indians

The last decade in India has been marred by the institutionalisation of arbitrary power. Raghu Kesavan Kunal Kamra is an unlikely hero. He stands slightly hunched over, mic loosely held in one hand, the other occasionally pressed into service to express disbelief but often stuffed into a trouser pocket. His most recent special, Naya Bharat, reprises the… Read More How the attacks on Kunal Kamra undermine the freedoms of all Indians

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