Microsoft president responds to protesters breaching HQ, 7 arrested

The Redmond Police Department (RPD) arrested seven people Tuesday at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, where protesters entered the president’s executive office.

Hours after the breach, Microsoft President Brad Smith held a media briefing, saying the company is “working every day to get to the bottom of what’s going on.”

“Microsoft is not a government or country, it’s a company,” he added. “We will do what we can and what we should, and that starts with ensuring our human rights principles are upheld.”

Smith said the group—including two Microsoft employees and one former Google employee—stormed the office, planted listening devices, and wouldn’t leave.

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