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Digital Apartheid in Gaza: Big Tech Must Reveal Their Roles in Tech Used in Human Rights Abuses
an excerpt from Electronic Frontier Foundation

Since the start of the Israeli military response to Hamas’ deadly October 7 attack, U.S.-based companies like Google and Amazon have been under pressure to reveal more about the services they provide and the nature of their relationships with the Israeli forces engaging in the military response. We agree. Without greater transparency, the public cannot tell whether these companies are complying with human rights standards—both those set by the United Nations and those they have publicly set for themselves. 

Report: IDF using Amazon cloud to store intel on 'everyone' in Gaza
an excerpt from Responsible Statecraft

On July 10, the commander of the Israeli army’s Center of Computing and Information Systems unit — which provides data processing for the whole military — spoke at a conference titled “IT for IDF” in Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv. In her address to an audience of about 100 military and industrial personnel, of which +972 Magazine and Local Call obtained a recording, Col. Racheli Dembinsky confirmed publicly for the first time that the Israeli army is using cloud storage and artificial intelligence services provided by civilian tech giants in its ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip. In Dembinsky’s lecture slides, the logos of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure appeared twice.

Instagram continues to censor Hamas posts despite agreement with Turkey
an excerpt from Obianet

Instagram continues to remove posts related to Hamas, despite a recent agreement with Turkey that led to the lifting of a temporary ban on the platform. The Turkish government had imposed the ban from August 2 to August 10 after the platform removed posts from Turkish officials commemorating the Palestinian leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in a July 31 attack in Tehran. The government lifted the ban after reaching an understanding with Meta, Instagram’s parent company, to work on content moderation issues.

Israel steps up its dehumanisation of Palestinians with new biometric checkpoints in the West Bank
an excerpt from The New Arab

Israel has been quietly implementing artificial intelligence hardware at checkpoints in the West Bank. Palestinians with permits to enter Israel are now required to scan their biometric ID cards and faces upon returning. Although not publicly announced by the Civil Administration — the Israeli body responsible for administering checkpoints and entry permits — MadEye Technology was reportedly tasked with designing and installing the hardware. The company claims on its website that the technology "incorporates precision face recognition technology into an ergonomic computer peripheral."