Microsoft Fires Employees Who Protested During 50th Anniversary
Ibtihal Aboussad is escorted away by security after interrupting Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, not pictured, during a presentation at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on Friday, April 4.
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Microsoft Corp. dismissed two employees who disrupted an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary.
Ibtihal Aboussad, who has urged the company to ax the Israeli government as a customer, interrupted a speech by Microsoft consumer artificial intelligence chief Mustafa Suleyman on Friday. Later, Vaniya Agrawal disrupted a question-and-answer session featuring Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and his two predecessors, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.