A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

Reportedly, Microsoft has been banning and wiping the accounts of users who have leveraged Skype to contact relatives in Gaza. In some cases, email accounts over a decade old have been locked, destroying access to banking accounts, OneDrive storage, and beyond.

United States resident Salah Elsadi lost his account of over 15 years in the dragnet. “I’ve had this Hotmail for 15 years. They banned me for no reason, saying I have violated their terms — what terms? Tell me. I’ve filled out about 50 forms and called them many many times.” Eiad Hametto from Saudi Arabia echoed the report, “We are civilians with no political background who just wanted to check on our families. They’ve suspended my email account that I’ve had for nearly 20 years. It was connected to all my work. They killed my life online.”

Many of the users affected by the bans expressed that Microsoft may be falsely labelling them as Hamas

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    1 month ago

    We help our allies and protect democracy in the region.

    LMAO. Your military protects interests of the billionaires and their economy. It has fuck all to do about democracy.

    But keep guzzling whatever you already are, those braincells aren’t going to repeat propaganda by itself.

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      1 month ago

      South Vietnam allied. Democracy in the region couldn’t fall because it creates a domino effect where democracy looks week.

      Wtf are you talking about billionaires. Our military protects the interests of all our allies especially European and Asian.