Microsoft Azure Used By Israeli Unit 8200 for Ethnic Cleansing -- Big Tech Profits from War Crimes
Source: YouTube · Eli the Computer Guy · published Aug 8, 2025 · 25:09
BLUF: The video alleges that Microsoft Azure is enabling mass surveillance of Palestinians by Israel’s Unit 8200, storing up to 11,500 terabytes of audio data—equivalent to 200 million hours of calls—raising ethical concerns about tech companies’ responsibility in software-as-a-service models.
Key Takeaways:
• Microsoft Azure reportedly stores millions of Palestinian phone calls per hour for Israel’s Unit 8200 3:02-3:28.
• A 2022 AI-powered system on Azure analyzes Palestinian communications to identify threats and justify attacks 4:13-5:15.
• Unit 8200 sources claim the system was used to blackmail, detain, and justify killings, with officers citing "everyone is an enemy" as a core mindset 6:00-7:00.
• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with Unit 8200 in 2021, and internal documents suggest engineers knew raw audio files of Palestinian calls would be stored 17:55-18:59.
• The system has stored up to 11,500 terabytes of data—200 million hours of audio—on Azure servers in the Netherlands and Ireland 18:49-19:14.
Tech companies must confront the moral implications of their services being used in harmful ways, urging professionals to reflect on the ethical costs of their work.
Sources:
- 3:02-3:28 Microsoft Azure is being used by Israel to store millions of Palestinian phone calls.
- 4:13-5:15 AI tools on Azure analyze Palestinian communications to identify threats and justify attacks.
- 6:00-7:00 Unit 8200 sources allege the system was used to blackmail and justify killings of Palestinians.
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Welcome back. As you know, I'm Eli, the computer guy here for the Daily Blob, where we truly believe in truth, justice, and the American way. What What is the definition of the American way again? Oh, it's making a [ __ ] ton of money off of ethnic cleansing. Yeah, that sounds about right. Truth, justice, making a metric crap ton of money off of ethnic cleansing. That's that's what we believe in here at the Daily Blob. Anyways, I think this is an interesting story and it's an interesting question too uh for so many of the the people that might be uh watching this or CEOs, CTO's this whole question of what happens when we move into a software as a service environment uh and then you find out that the software that you are providing as a service is being used to target in order to kill you k…