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1. beebma+Mj[view] [source] 2020-06-11 19:25:39
>>longde+(OP)
Frankly, I think this is hypocritical. Satya Nadella has explicitly stated that Microsoft will not withhold technology from democratically elected governments.

In this context, why is ethical for Microsoft to build the US military a "war planning and operations" cloud as part of the JEDI contract?

In what reality is selling facial-recognition technology to police somehow less ethical than making the US military, in their own terms, "more lethal"?

If Microsoft rejects the police for being human rights abusers, they should do the same for the US military, which has regularly violated human rights around the world.

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2. catalo+Qn[view] [source] 2020-06-11 19:53:11
>>beebma+Mj
I'm guessing there is more money in military contracts than police contracts, and being cognizant of police abuse is currently in the popular zeitgeist while military abuse is not.
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