Doha -Former Microsoft -KI engineer Ibtishal Abousad, who bravely confronted the managers with the company’s 50th anniversary by taking the role of the Israeli genocide campaign against Gaza civilians, started a mighty call for a global boycott of the products of the Tech giant.
The Harvard graduate, who worked as a software engineer in the KI department of Microsoft for three and a half years, published a video statement on Wednesday and asked people to use the use of all Microsoft products, including Xbox, Copilot and Candy Crush.
“The goal is to send this company a message: We will not support you financially and do not use your products if you take human principles”, you ” specified in the video shared on social media.
The call from the Moroccan engineer to Boykott comes just a few days after her completion of Microsoft, after protesting the company’s anniversary event in Redmond, Washington.
During the celebration, at the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer, Aboussad, was visited interrupted The keynote presentation of AI -CEO Mustafa Sulyman about the company’s AI assistant, copilot.
Read too: Moroccans in masses march against the Israeli genocide in Rabat for Gaza
“They claim that they use AI forever, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military,” said Aboussad during the protest. “You are a war adviser. Stop using AI for genocide. You have blood on your hands. All Microsoft have blood in your hands.”
In an e -e -mail that was sent to Microsoft executives immediately after the protest, including CEO Satya Nadella and Ai -CEO Mustafa Sulyman, ABOUSAD said her actions: “I spoke today because I have learned that my organization had driven the genocide, my people in Palestine, no other moral choice.
The protest received considerable attention with many online praise What you described as a “brave” act. Her actions even opened the Hamas. However, Microsoft terminated her employment on Monday and cited “only cause, intentional misconduct, disobedience or willful neglect of duty”.
The controversy is based on broader concerns regarding the participation of technology companies in military operations. An Associated Press examination at the beginning of this year showed that KI models from Microsoft and Openaai were included in an Israeli military program to select bomb destinations in Gaza and Lebanon.
In her latest video moto, also Aboussad pushed Other technology workers to take similar stands: “If someone who looks at this video is in a similar position – for a company that also violates human principles, I ask you to raise your voice.”
The escalating situation follows the continuing tensions within Microsoft in relation to their military contracts. In February, five Microsoft employees from a meeting with CEO Satya Nadella were removed due to protests against these contracts.
The company claims that although it “provides many ways for all votes”, this has to be done without corporate disorders.
According to the latest figures, Israel’s genocide has led to more than 166,000 Palestinian victims, mostly women and children, in Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, with over 11,000 people still missing.
