Microsoft announcement highlights complicated relationship between Big Tech and war

By Scott Detrow,

Kathryn Fink, John Ketchum

Published October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM EDT

Microsoft restricted the Israeli military's access to some of its technology after it found that Israel's Defense Ministry was using its services to carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians.

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Kathryn Fink

Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.

John Ketchum

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