🚨The Microsoft-China relationship isn't just reckless—it's a BETRAYAL of the American people.
Congress MUST launch a full investigation into the deception and deep-rooted CCP connections that have festered inside this company for decades.
🧵The latest is mind blowing...
Congress MUST launch a full investigation into the deception and deep-rooted CCP connections that have festered inside this company for decades.
🧵The latest is mind blowing...
When Microsoft announced last month that Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploited SharePoint, they FAILED TO MENTION the software had been handled by a China-based engineering team for years.
And the lack of transparency doesn’t stop there. 2/
propublica.org/article/micros…
And the lack of transparency doesn’t stop there. 2/
propublica.org/article/micros…
Microsoft was also recently found to employ China-based personnel to support the cloud services it provides to the @DeptofDefense 🤦♂️
The arrangement was so secretive that John Sherman, DOD Chief Information Officer under Biden, was unaware of it. 3/
➡️ propublica.org/article/micros…
The arrangement was so secretive that John Sherman, DOD Chief Information Officer under Biden, was unaware of it. 3/
➡️ propublica.org/article/micros…
A Microsoft whistleblower warned executives about a critical identity system flaw as early as 2016. But the team refused to act, fearing it would jeopardize their bid for multibillion-dollar federal contracts.
This vulnerability helped power the SolarWinds breach. 4/
This vulnerability helped power the SolarWinds breach. 4/
An even more troubling partnership? Microsoft worked w/ CCP-controlled National University of Defense Technology on recreating detailed environmental maps by analyzing human faces.
Experts fear this AI will be used for surveillance & censorship. 5/
➡️ ft.com/content/9378e7…
Experts fear this AI will be used for surveillance & censorship. 5/
➡️ ft.com/content/9378e7…
Since its launch in 2012, Microsoft’s China incubator program, Microsoft Accelerator, has supported the development of more than 800 companies, including companies that work directly on Chinese government surveillance programs.
Great work MSFT 👏👏6/
business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…
Great work MSFT 👏👏6/
business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news…
Microsoft went so far as to launch a customized version of its Windows 10 software for Communist China’s use that included local encryption so that government customers could address the “issues that matter”. 7/
➡️ wsj.com/articles/micro…
➡️ wsj.com/articles/micro…
What else does China have its hands on when it comes to Microsoft? What is the depth of China’s influence in the company?
It’s clear: the Gates-Microsoft-China connection is a key part of Beijing’s growing tech foothold. 8/
It’s clear: the Gates-Microsoft-China connection is a key part of Beijing’s growing tech foothold. 8/
https://x.com/Michael7ucci/status/1948363579188564177
In 2020, White House official Peter Navarro exposed Microsoft's cozy relationship with the CCP:
"Microsoft is the software that the People's Liberation Army and Chinese gov't run on... [They] helped China build its Great Firewall that is used to surveil and monitor..." 9/
"Microsoft is the software that the People's Liberation Army and Chinese gov't run on... [They] helped China build its Great Firewall that is used to surveil and monitor..." 9/
Microsoft’s deep ties to Communist China and their continued pattern of China-related security incidents raises the question: Where do Microsoft's loyalties lie?
Why don't they move rapidly to address their CCP problems?
It’s time for Congress to investigate. 10/
Why don't they move rapidly to address their CCP problems?
It’s time for Congress to investigate. 10/
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