Technology firms are implicated in aiding Israel's actions against Palestinians, as stated by UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. She highlights the role of corporate entities in maintaining the illegal Israeli occupation and its violence in Gaza. The supply of military and surveillance technologies, such as drones and AI systems, is enabling the automation of repression. Albanese asserts that proper human rights due diligence would have prompted companies, like IBM and Microsoft, to divest from such involvement. However, conducting due diligence does not shield companies from legal liability regarding human rights abuses in the region.
"Technology firms globally are actively 'aiding and abetting' Israel's 'crimes of apartheid and genocide' against Palestinians, prompting calls for cessation of business activities in the region."
"Francesca Albanese outlined the key role the technology sector plays in sustaining the Israeli settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement."
"The repression of Palestinians has become progressively automated, aided by powerful military and surveillance technologies supplied to Israel, including drones and AI-powered systems."
"Entities that previously enabled and profited from Palestinian elimination now find themselves involved in the economy of genocide, according to Francesca Albanese."
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