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Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam - Europe is witnessing a wave of protests against data centers. (www.theverge.com)
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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.”

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[+] -20 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

I'm not unsympathetic to their cause, but I do expect that each and every one of these protesters then also boycotts all of Microsoft's products; otherwise it would be hypocritical. In the end, that, if done en masse, will hit them harder than some banners....

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago

    I demand perfection, pluck out your eyes

    If people routinely break into construction sites, it puts their insurance, security, etc costs up significantly. In the UK factory's that made parts for drones ended up shutting down over rising insurance costs.

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