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LiberalArkie

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Mon Apr 7, 2025, 04:21 PM Apr 7

Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary celebration

Source: CNBC

Microsoft terminated the software engineers who protested at company events on Friday over the Israeli military’s use of the company’s AI products.

Ibtihal Aboussad, a software engineer in the company’s artificial intelligence division who is based in Canada, was fired Monday for willful misconduct and disobedience, according to a document viewed by CNBC.

Another Microsoft software engineer, Vaniya Agrawal, had said she would resign from the company on Friday, April 11. But instead of her chosen resignation date, Microsoft terminated her ro

Microsoft did not immediately provide a comment.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/microsoft-fires-engineers-who-protested-during-anniversary-celebration.html

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Microsoft fires engineers who protested during company's 50th anniversary celebration (Original Post) LiberalArkie Apr 7 OP
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