U.S. tech giants have empowered Israel to kill many more people through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services, fueling fears that these tools are contributing to the deaths of innocent people.
Since the beginning of Israel’s onslaught against Gaza, Israel has emerged as one of Microsoft’s top 500 global customers. If the ICC ultimately rules the war a genocide, hosting Microsoft’s data servers utilized by the Israeli military may constitute a breach of international law and could cause legal issues related to Microsoft’s operations in those jurisdictions.
Meta/Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $125,000 to Zaka, the Israeli organization that is the source of most of the disinformation used to dehumanize Palestinians; Sheryl Sandberg, a key figure at Facebook, created a promotional documentary for Israel; Guy Rosen, the most senior person making decisions around what content is allowed on Meta, is Israeli, served in the IDF’s Unit 8200…