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.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    MS probably doesn’t care who calls who. I’d be surprised if this wasn’t a government issued order and they can’t disclose it.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Governments don’t order such specificity. They would have, at most, told M$ that Skype is being used by Hamas and that there would be an audit on the situation, so M$ over-corrected to be better safe than sorry