Editing Criticism of Microsoft (section)

== Ties to US Government departments ==
On September 14, 2019, Microsoft's flagship store was shut down by protestors as part of a [[direct action]] organized by Close the Camps NYC. The action was in response to Microsoft's $19.4&nbsp;million contract with [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/14/us/anti-ice-protesters-arrested/index.html|title=76 anti-ICE protesters arrested during New York sit-in|first=Amir |last=Vera|date=September 14, 2019|publisher=CNN|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920112742/https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/14/us/anti-ice-protesters-arrested/index.html|archive-date=September 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abolish-ice-protesters-face-off-with-police-in-midtown-video/ar-AAHiDbr|title='Abolish ICE' protesters face off with police in midtown [VIDEO]|publisher=MSN|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915095323/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abolish-ice-protesters-face-off-with-police-in-midtown-video/ar-AAHiDbr|archive-date=September 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@CloseTheCampsNY/release-protestors-demand-microsoft-stop-profiteering-from-concentration-camps-immigrant-raids-6f86f9848950|title=RELEASE — PROTESTORS DEMAND MICROSOFT STOP PROFITEERING FROM CONCENTRATION CAMPS, IMMIGRANT RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS|last=NYC|first=Close the Camps|date=September 14, 2019|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918231803/https://medium.com/@CloseTheCampsNY/release-protestors-demand-microsoft-stop-profiteering-from-concentration-camps-immigrant-raids-6f86f9848950|archive-date=September 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.windowscentral.com/76-anti-ice-protesters-arrested-microsoft-store-manhattan|title=76 anti-ICE protesters arrested at Microsoft Store in Manhattan|date=September 16, 2019|website=Windows Central|language=en|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918035944/https://www.windowscentral.com/76-anti-ice-protesters-arrested-microsoft-store-manhattan|archive-date=September 18, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Microsoft's relationship with the immigration enforcement agency was revealed by executive Tom Keane, through a company blog post that describes ICE's use of the company's high-security cloud storage product Azure Government.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azuregov/federal-agencies-continue-to-advance-capabilities-with-azure-government/|title=Federal agencies continue to advance capabilities with Azure Government|date=January 24, 2018|website=Azure Government|language=en-US|access-date=September 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919145748/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azuregov/federal-agencies-continue-to-advance-capabilities-with-azure-government/|archive-date=September 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He went on to say the company is "proud to support" the work of ICE.<ref name=":1" /> Microsoft has stated it "is not working with the U.S. government on any projects related to separating children from their families at the border."<ref name=":0" />

In February 2019, some of Microsoft's employees protested the company's [[war profiteering]] from a $480&nbsp;million contract to develop [[augmented reality]] headsets for the [[United States Army]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/22/microsoft-protest-us-army-augmented-reality-headsets|title='We won't be war profiteers': Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract|newspaper=The Guardian|date=February 22, 2019|last1=Wong|first1=Julia Carrie|author-link=Julia Carrie Wong|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223133132/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/22/microsoft-protest-us-army-augmented-reality-headsets|archive-date=February 23, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>