Reuters reports that around 100 people made it into the construction site, with some scaling a crane to place a “fuck AI” banner. Protesters also unfurled a “Microsoft powers genocide” banner on the construction site, and chanted “Microsoft has got to go” and “free Palestine.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[+] -29 points 22 hours ago (7 children)
  • [–] 20 points 21 hours ago (5 children)
  • [+] -8 points 20 hours ago (4 children)
  • [–] 20 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

    It brought attention in the form of articles like this one

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] -5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)
  • [–] 4 points 13 hours ago

    Well, it was the number one news story here in the Netherlands. The government also presented a tech strategy today, and so the responsible secretary gave an interview in an important news show tonight. They first showed a report about the protest and then immediately asked her for a response.

    Will it change things? Maybe not directly, but at least the resistance is the topic of conversation now.

  • source
  • parent