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Microsoft announcement highlights complicated relationship between Big Tech and war

By Scott Detrow,
Kathryn Fink, John Ketchum
Published October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM CDT

Microsoft restricted the Israeli military's access to some of its technology after it found that Israel's Defense Ministry was using its services to carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians.

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Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Kathryn Fink
Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.
John Ketchum
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