抗议者否认在微软高管办公室安装窃听器；公司解雇四名员工
内容总结：
微软总部抗议风波持续发酵：员工静坐诉求遭解雇，双方各执一词
本周，美国科技巨头微软公司总部发生一系列抗议活动，引发广泛关注。一个自称"拒绝Azure用于种族隔离"的组织成员周二下午闯入微软总裁布拉德·史密斯办公室进行静坐抗议，要求公司切断与以色列的所有合作。
抗议者代表霍萨姆·纳斯尔在周四的记者会上反驳微软官方说法，强调他们的行动完全非暴力，所谓"遗留窃听设备"实为被捕时从口袋滑落的手机。对此微软回应称，已解雇四名参与抗议的员工，指其行为"严重违反公司政策和行为准则，造成重大安全隐患"。
据悉，抗议者要求微软停止向以色列提供云计算等技术服务，指控这些技术被用于加沙地区的平民 surveillance。他们同时质疑公司高层解决诉求的诚意，称此前通过正式渠道递交的2000多名员工联署请愿书未获任何回应。
微软总裁史密斯承认巴以冲突造成重大人员伤亡，但强调公司坚持"以原则和道德方式提供技术"，并指出闯入办公场所的行为不可接受。他透露公司正在对《卫报》相关报道进行新一轮调查，但抗议者认为这远远不够，要求立即终止所有合约并对巴勒斯坦人民进行赔偿。
目前雷德蒙德警方已逮捕多名抗议者，指控其非法侵入、妨碍公务等罪名。事件凸显科技企业在国际冲突中的道德困境，以及内部沟通机制与员工诉求之间的裂痕。
中文翻译：
本周潜入微软总部大楼的一批抗议者对公司的官方说法提出异议，称其静坐行动是和平非暴力的，并表示所谓"遗留窃听装置"实为被捕时从口袋掉落的手机。"正如布拉德本人所言，若真要安装窃听装置，没人会采用这种方式，"抗议组织"不为种族隔离提供Azure"的领导人之一霍萨姆·纳斯尔表示。他援引微软总裁布拉德·史密斯在七名成员周二下午占据其办公室后的声明说道："要说有什么诉求，我们只希望拿回自己的手机。"
该组织呼吁微软断绝与以色列的联系，指控以方将微软技术用于加沙地区的巴勒斯坦人。他们同时驳斥了微软关于"抗议者不能代表员工群体"的说法，并质疑公司高管解决抗议者所提出问题的诚意。
周四新闻发布会上的这些表态，紧随微软宣布再解雇两名员工之后——本周因参与抗议被解雇人员增至四名。公司声明指出："这些员工因严重违反既定公司政策与行为准则被解雇，包括参与近期导致员工安全受到严重威胁的现场抗议活动。"声明补充道："我们正持续调查园区内发生的事件，并与执法部门合作保障员工安全"，强调"此类行为完全不可接受，严重违背公司价值观与政策"。
周二的占领行动中，抗议者闯入微软雷德蒙德总部首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉等高管所在的办公楼。他们在史密斯办公室内挽臂高呼"解放巴勒斯坦"，通过Twitch平台直播行动过程，用家具抵住房门要求与公司领导层对话。七名抗议者在抗拒安保人员后遭雷德蒙德警方逮捕，指控罪名包括非法侵入、妨碍公务及拒捕。另一组抗议者则在附近的微软高管简报中心旗杆上短暂升起了巴勒斯坦国旗。
此前8月20日周三，已有二十名抗议者因连续两天拒绝从东校区广场微软标识前的营地撤离而被捕，他们用红色油漆覆盖公司标识象征鲜血。史密斯本周谈话中强调了公司对维护人权原则与中东服务条款的承诺，保持与员工信任文化及开放对话，以及保障工作场所安全。他承认冲突造成的人员伤亡，提及10月7日哈马斯袭击以色列致1139人遇难及加沙61000名平民死亡，表示微软的职责是"以原则和道德方式提供技术"。
但同时史密斯指出抗议者的行为不可接受："当七个人冲击大楼、占领办公室、将他人锁在门外...这显然越界了。"他称微软尊重合法言论自由，但必须保障工作场所安全。抗议组织周四反驳了"冲击大楼"的表述，纳斯尔称静坐行动"完全非暴力"，而微软回应以"暴力压制、压迫、报复和谎言"。
更大争议点在于内部异议与辩论的有效性。史密斯周二表示微软拥有"与员工的信任文化"，高管会阅读并重视员工反馈。他告诉记者抗议"并非引起我们关注的必要方式"，并指出这干扰了公司与包括巴勒斯坦盟友在内不同背景、信仰和文化内部群体的对话。抗议者在周四下午的新闻发布会上称这些说法不实，表示通过"正规渠道"的长期努力均被忽视。
本周被解雇的员工安娜·哈特尔透露，一份要求断绝与以色列军方联系、获两千余名员工联名的请愿书已于五月发送至所有微软高管，但未获回应。抗议者还列举了其他所谓压制事例：另一名被解雇员工尼斯林·贾拉达特指控微软安保人员专门针对携带请愿卷轴的抗议者，并在一次抗议中撕毁了请愿卷轴。
微软今年早前声称未发现其技术被以色列军方用于加沙平民的证据，但承认由于无法监控私有服务器上的技术使用，核查存在局限。公司近期就《卫报》指控其Azure云平台被以军用于加沙大规模监控的报道启动新一轮调查。史密斯评价《卫报》"报道相对公正"，称经核查部分信息属实部分失实，"大部分报道内容仍需验证"。抗议者周四驳斥新一轮调查不足以解决问题，要求微软立即终止所有合同并向巴勒斯坦人民支付赔偿。
英文来源：
A group that infiltrated Microsoft’s headquarters building this week disputed the company’s account of the incident — describing their sit-in as nonviolent and saying the “listening devices” allegedly left behind were phones that fell from their pockets when they were arrested.
“As Brad himself admits, if someone were to plant listening devices, this is not how they would do it,” said Hossam Nasr, one of the leaders of the group No Azure for Apartheid, referring to comments made by Microsoft President Brad Smith after seven members of the group occupied his office Tuesday afternoon. “If anything, we would like our phones back, please.”
The group, which is calling on Microsoft to cut ties with Israel over the alleged use of its technology against Palestinians in Gaza, also disputed the company’s assertion that its members do not represent elements of its workforce, and questioned the sincerity of Microsoft executives in addressing the issues the protesters have raised.
The comments at a Thursday press conference came shortly after Microsoft said it fired two additional employees — bringing the total this week to four — in connection with their actions in recent protests on the Redmond campus.
The company said in a statement that the workers “were terminated due to serious violations of established company policies and our code of conduct, including participating in recent on-site demonstrations that created significant safety concerns for our employees.”
The statement added, “We are continuing to investigate the conduct on our campus and work with law enforcement to help ensure the safety of all our employees,” noting that “such conduct is entirely unacceptable and stands in direct opposition to our company values and policies.”
During the occupation on Tuesday, protesters made their way into the building at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters where CEO Satya Nadella and other top executives work. Inside Smith’s office, they locked arms, chanted “Free Palestine,” livestreamed their actions on Twitch, and put furniture against the door while demanding talks with company leadership.
After resisting security personnel, seven protesters were removed by Redmond police and arrested on charges including trespassing, obstruction, and resisting arrest.
Outside, another group of protesters was able to temporarily raise a Palestinian flag on one of the flagpoles outside Microsoft’s nearby Executive Briefing Center.
Twenty protesters were arrested the prior week, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, after refusing to disperse from an encampment that they created for a second day in front of the Microsoft sign in the company’s East Campus plaza, which they covered in red paint to symbolize blood.
Speaking this week, Smith cited the company’s commitment to upholding its human rights principles and terms of service in the Middle East; maintaining a culture of trust and open dialogue with its employees; and keeping the workplace safe and secure.
He acknowledged the human toll of the conflict, citing the 1,139 people killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and the 61,000 civilians who have died in Gaza, and said Microsoft’s role is “to provide technology in a principled and ethical way.”
At the same time, Smith said the protesters’ actions were not acceptable.
“Obviously, when seven folks do as they did today, storm a building, occupy an office, lock other people out of the office … that’s not OK,” he said. While Microsoft respects lawful freedom of expression, he said, the company also needs to keep its private workplace safe and secure.
The group on Thursday disputed the characterization that it stormed the building. Nasr said their sit-in was “completely nonviolent” and that Microsoft responded with “brute force, repression, retaliation and lies.”
A larger point of contention is the effectiveness of internal dissent and debate. Smith said Tuesday that Microsoft has a “culture of trust with our employees” and that executives read employee feedback and take it seriously.
Smith told reporters that the protests are “not necessary in order to get us to pay attention,” and noted that they distract from the dialogue the company is having with internal groups of different backgrounds, faiths, and cultures, including Palestinian allies.
At their press conference Thursday afternoon, protesters called these assertions inaccurate, saying that extensive efforts to use “proper channels” were ignored.
Anna Hattle, a worker who was fired this week, said a petition with more than 2,000 employee signatures demanding the company cut ties with the Israeli military was sent to every Microsoft executive in May and received no response.
Protesters also offered other examples of what they called suppression. Nisreen Jaradat, another worker who was fired, alleged that Microsoft Security specifically targeted protesters carrying the scroll of petition signatures, and tore that scroll during one protest.
Microsoft said earlier this year that it found no evidence its technologies were used by the Israeli military to harm civilians in Gaza. However, it acknowledged limits as to what it could verify, citing a lack of visibility into use of its technology on private servers outside its cloud.
The company recently launched a new investigation into a report from The Guardian alleging that its Azure cloud platform was used by the Israeli military in mass surveillance in Gaza.
Smith said The Guardian “did a fair job in its reporting.” After the paper contacted the company for the story, he said, Microsoft was able to determine that some of the information was false, some was true, and “much of what they reported now needs to be tested.”
Protesters on Thursday rejected another investigation as insufficient, demanding instead that Microsoft immediately end all contracts and pay reparations to the Palestinian people.