VICTORY! @Microsoft divests from AnyVision, Israeli facial recognition tech company! This after powerful exposé by @oliviasolon for NBC and a campaign we launched in June and organized around with partners @MPower_Change and @SumOfUs ORGANIZING WORKS! https://t.co/KKsWQDdYpr
— Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) March 27, 2020
.@EricHolder and his team found that AnyVision didn’t/doesn’t "power a mass surveillance program in the West Bank.”@oliviasolon reported that the "surveillance project was so successful that AnyVision won the country’s top defense prize in 2018."https://t.co/Xm5ffGm4cc
— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) March 27, 2020
Microsoft drops Israeli facial recognition firm following accusations of mass surveillance - https://t.co/Qx7OYhThWu
— Ratiba "Tibou" Abdessemed (@Tibou12379939) March 28, 2020
Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy - https://t.co/mfzkUJaqlL "AnyVision was accused of helping the Israeli government surveil the West Bank"
— Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) March 28, 2020
Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy https://t.co/vOfd57KRw4
— Soraya Chemaly (@schemaly) March 28, 2020
Microsoft to end investments in facial recognition firms after AnyVision controversy https://t.co/ZR1qfWgOFR pic.twitter.com/PSzn5TJA8y
— The Verge (@verge) March 27, 2020
√ #Microsoft says it will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition companies following a controversy around its funding of Israeli startup #AnyVision, which critics and human rights activists say powered a #surveillance program in the #West_Bankhttps://t.co/PyFNd8X3dD
— Claudio ✡ (@sonoclaudio) March 28, 2020
Huge #BDS victory! After a global campaign and an internal audit, Microsoft divests itself from Israeli surveillance company AnyVision whose tech is used to monitor and oppress Palestinians living under occupation. https://t.co/RSbRZvFjTi
— IPSC (@ipsc48) March 28, 2020
Palestinian human rights advocates mobilized to pressure Microsoft over its funding of an Israeli facial recognition company that was helping to spy on Palestinians under occupation. Now Microsoft has sold its stake in the Israeli company. https://t.co/hLrCxxZbwP pic.twitter.com/1zcR8tiAiq
— IMEU (@theIMEU) March 28, 2020
BREAKING—WE WON. After pressure from our #DropAnyVision campaign w/ @jvplive & a powerful exposé by @oliviasolon @Microsoft has divested from Israeli firm AnyVision that uses face recog tech to surveil Palestinians
— MPower Change (@MPower_Change) March 27, 2020
Amazing news in such uncertain times!https://t.co/AkfNrfdaWs pic.twitter.com/r4rEyssCyX
To get a WIN – Microsoft "divesting" from the Israeli facial recognition tech company AnyVision feels HUGE. Especially in the terrible times we are in.
— Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) March 28, 2020
We are in awe of the power of organizing and our partners @MPower_Change @SumOfUs @MsWorkers4 https://t.co/KKsWQDdYpr
Palestinian human rights advocates mobilized to pressure Microsoft over its funding of an Israeli facial recognition company that was helping to spy on Palestinians under occupation. Now Microsoft has sold its stake in the Israeli company https://t.co/hLrCxxZbwP pic.twitter.com/9rCwcTBaCj
— IMEU (@theIMEU) March 28, 2020
Microsoft is selling its stake in Israeli facial recognition startup AnyVision https://t.co/RJzy4lr2Tr
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) March 27, 2020
Maybe we need a new word for corporations releasing embarrassing news on a Coronavirus-Friday:
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) March 27, 2020
Following reporting from @oliviasolon, Microsoft will be selling its stake in a facial recognition company surveilling Palestinians in the West Bank. https://t.co/ljFaTXDCsM
Microsoft set to divest from Israeli facial recognition firm tracking Palestinians - https://t.co/4ucm3pGZ89 #Palestine pic.twitter.com/FaFWQFVWYr
— al whit (@soitiz) March 28, 2020
Microsoft is set to sell shares in an Israeli facial recognition company accused of surveilling Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. @MiddleEastEye #BDS https://t.co/gDl36t6cIE
— Megan O'Toole (@megan_otoole) March 28, 2020
Haaretz-TheMarker's @amitaiz revealed AnyVision secretly tracks Palestinians https://t.co/1vwQ23ieNI
— avi scharf (@avischarf) March 28, 2020
Last year, @amitaiz released a story saying that the technology wasn't only used at border crossing but also for surveillance the occupied territories deep in the West Bank.
— Matt Suiche (@msuiche) March 28, 2020
Today, Microsoft is selling its stake in AnyVision.
Good job @BradSmi!https://t.co/Jr7nOhwvYd
#Microsoft drops Israeli facial recognition firm following accusations of mass surveillance - https://t.co/sPvjJRNmBQ by @mspoweruser #AnyVision pic.twitter.com/jV59KkzSXr
— al whit (@soitiz) March 28, 2020
Congratulations to @MPower_Change and the strong coalition they built. This is a major victory for human rights and civil liberties around the world. https://t.co/gZGXehUov1
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) March 29, 2020