Posted on Feb 27, 2019
Group of employees calls for end to Microsoft’s $480M HoloLens military contract
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More than 100 Microsoft employees have signed a letter sent to CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith criticizing the company’s plans to build HoloLens AR tech for the military, the organizing group said Friday. The development is part of a $480 million military contract that Microsoft won this past November.
The group’s letter demands that the company cancel their work on the contract and cease development of weapons technologies. “We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used,” the letter further states.
The group’s letter demands that the company cancel their work on the contract and cease development of weapons technologies. “We did not sign up to develop weapons, and we demand a say in how our work is used,” the letter further states.
Group of employees calls for end to Microsoft’s $480M HoloLens military contract
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Wonder if they feel the same way about military using MS Office (specifically PowerPoint)?
Wonder how they feel the same way about military veterans / reservists who work for Microsoft?
Wonder how they feel the same way about military veterans / reservists who work for Microsoft?
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They feel morally compelled to make the world safe for the likes of ISIS members: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/25/syria-isis-holding-children-hostage
Syria: ISIS Holding Children Hostage
Islamic State (also known asISIS) fighters are holding at least 27 people hostage, including at least 16 children, in southern Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. Local residents say that ISIS is holding the hostages in the eastern region of the Sweida desert and hoping to use them as leverage in negotiations with theSyriangovernment andRussia.
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