Microsoft shareholders demand report into the company's 'human rights due diligence' over allegations of war crime complicity in Gaza

Microsoft is facing new pushback over the Israeli military's use of its AI and cloud products, as a group of more than 60 shareholders have filed a proposal calling on the company to publish a report assessing the effectiveness of its "human rights due diligence [HRDD] processes in preventing, identifying, and addressing customer misuse of Microsoft artificial intelligence and cloud products or services that violates human rights or international humanitarian law."

"Microsoft states it conducts ongoing HRDD across its value chain...