'Microsoft killed my online life,' Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza
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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.

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

  • DeVaolleysAdVocate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1819·
    4 months ago

    that and it is quite literally spyware that sends all the consumer data to the CCP where they can adjust their own algorithms to show things that can sway the minds of people too young to think critically

    • ඞmir@lemmy.mlEnglish
      195·
      4 months ago

      it is quite literally spyware

      So are Facebook and Instagram, which are apparently not a problem. Remember Cambridge Analytica?

      where they can adjust their own algorithms to show things that can sway the minds of people too young to think critically

      Every social media platform does this for maximum retention

      to the CCP

      What’s the CCP gonna do with it that’s worse than what Western companies do with it?

    • SSJMarx@lemm.eeEnglish
      105·
      4 months ago

      the cpc adjusts the American version of an app operated in Singapore to propagandize Zoomers

      This only happens in the minds of the paranoid. China has their own version of TikTok, Douyin, which operates under their media restrictions.

    • generichate1546@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      105·
      4 months ago

      The hell do you think the data from American companies goes‽ Snowden literally told us the US govt is doing the same thing…not saying they should, just asking where is the outrage that we’re being spied on by our own government… It’s plenty there when we’re being spied on by China… And quite frankly I feel like China can do a lot less to me than home can.

    • pop@lemmy.mlEnglish
      118·
      4 months ago

      they can adjust their own algorithms to show things that can sway the minds of people too young to think critically

      Ironic. You’re literally commenting on companies adjusting their algorithm to create a narrative and censor something your government doesn’t like.

      Think critically next time. You’re not smart as you think you are.