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Jeremy Laird

Microsoft locks down HQ as anti-Israel protesters live stream themselves storming the company president's office

A logo marking the edge of the Microsoft corporate campus in Redmond, Washington.

The office of the president of Microsoft, Brad Smith, was briefly occupied by protesters yesterday. Seven people affiliated with a group known as "No Azure for Apartheid" were arrested and eventually removed from Smith's office by local police. Two of the seven are said to be current Microsoft employees.

According to the Verge, the protesters livestreamed themselves on Twitch entering Microsoft's building 34 and occupying the president's office. The video has since been taken down. Microsoft temporarily locked the building down in response.

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