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cbabe

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1. Kayak protest

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:03 PM

Aug 26

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/microsoft-asked-fbi-track-gaza-182937118.html

Microsoft asked FBI to track Gaza protests after activists showed up on kayaks outside homes of CEO, president

Ariel Zilber
Tue, August 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM PDT
5 min read

Microsoft has reportedly asked the FBI and local police to help track and contain a wave of Gaza-related protests by its own employees — who over the weekend showed up on kayaks in front of the lakeside homes of the tech giant’s top executives.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to Lake Washington on Sunday, circling near the waterfront mansions of CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith with banners and chants accusing Microsoft of profiting from Israel’s war in Gaza, according to Bloomberg News.

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