Microsoft Build 2025 event hit by Pro-Palestine protest; Nadella’s keynote speech disrupted

A Microsoft employee, Joe Lopez, disrupted the Build 2025 conference in Seattle on May 19, protesting the company’s collaboration with the Israeli government on Cloud and AI projects. Joined by a former Google employee, Lopez shouted “free Palestine” during CEO Satya Nadella’s keynote and later sent an email to Microsoft staff expressing disillusionment with leadership’s silence on alleged misuse of technology in Gaza. Microsoft maintains that an external review found no evidence of its tools being used to harm civilians, despite ongoing protests from employees demanding accountability.

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