Microsoft destroyed my online life after I called home to Gaza - BBC News
Microsoft destroyed my online life after I called home to Gaza - BBC News
More than 20 Palestinians say they have been kicked off Skype, a popular tool for contacting relatives.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24836046
Palestinians calling home to Gaza on Skype have had their digital lives destroyed, after Microsoft closed their email accounts without warning.
BBC News has spoken to 20 Palestinians living abroad who say Microsoft, which owns the voice and video chat app, kicked them out of their accounts. The total number affected is thought to be much higher.
In some cases, these email accounts are more than 15 years old and the users have no way to retrieve emails, contacts or memories.
Microsoft says they violated its terms of service - but will not say how - and the decision is final.
The Gazans say they have no links to Hamas - designated as a terrorist organisation by some Western countries, including the US, where Microsoft is headquartered - and accuse the technology giant, the most valuable company in the world, of persecuting them unfairly.
Wow. I’ve always hated MS for making shitty software. I never thought politics would come into it. What shitty behavior.
AMP is shit, and kind of ironic it was used to post this article lol.
Thanks, updated the link.
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