World tech company, Microsoft, has barred its staff from using words like ‘Palestine,’ ‘Gaza’ and ‘genocide’ in internal emails.
This is an attempt by the tech giant to crack down on unrest within its ranks following protests of the company’s ties to Israel.
The company has quietly implemented a filter on its internal Exchange email system that blocks messages containing the politically charged words without notifying the sender or recipient, according to a report by Dropsite News.
“Sending unsolicited email to large numbers of employees at work is not appropriate,” a Microsoft spokesperson told The Post.
“We have an established forum for employees who have opted into a variety of issues for this reason.”
The spokesperson said that “over the past couple of days, a number of emails have been sent to tens of thousands of employees across the company and we have taken measures to try and reduce those emails to those that have not opted in.”
Microsoft has been roiled in recent months by demonstrations staged by a group of employees sympathetic to the Palestinians.
The activist group known as “No Azure for Apartheid” has been demanding that management sever ties with the Israeli government and military.