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Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

Reportedly, Microsoft has been banning and wiping the accounts of users who have leveraged Skype to contact relatives in Gaza. In some cases, email accounts over a decade old have been locked, destroying access to banking accounts, OneDrive storage, and beyond.

United States resident Salah Elsadi lost his account of over 15 years in the dragnet. "I've had this Hotmail for 15 years. They banned me for no reason, saying I have violated their terms — what terms? Tell me. I've filled out about 50 forms and called them many many times." Eiad Hametto from Saudi Arabia echoed the report, "We are civilians with no political background who just wanted to check on our families. They’ve suspended my email account that I’ve had for nearly 20 years. It was connected to all my work. They killed my life online."

Many of the users affected by the bans expressed that Microsoft may be falsely labelling them as Hamas

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

We do not pretend to invade China. There is no plan to invade a country of a billion people with a Normandy style landing across the entire ocean. That's a ridiculous claim. And as for planning to fight NK, you think maybe their constant nuclear threats against the US West Coast have anything to do with that?

South Korea has been an ally for 70 years, we aren't just going to leave them. Trying to make defending allies and aggressively going after the vessels of other countries in an insane claim of an economic zone equivalent is just ridiculous.

According to China, the claims predate modern civilization entirely. That doesn't make them true or consistent with international law.

It wouldn't matter if it was just one vessel, but no it's not. And the Chinese Coast Guard didn't play it off as an accident. They said the Vietnamese fisherman had refused to leave the area China was claiming. For more fuckery let's look at them stealing military supplies from the Philippine Navy.

Like I said above, the list goes on. And if all we ever do is conduct a war game to remind NK they aren't shit we could never be as aggressive as China.