Israel uses Microsoft to monitor civilians on a large scale.

The cooperation between Microsoft and the Israeli government has always been controversial, and has even sparked protests among employees within the company. Earlier this year, the Associated Press reported, citing internal data from Microsoft, that the Israeli military uses Microsoft's Azure cloud service platform to compile information gathered through large-scale monitoring of phone calls, text messages, etc., and then transcribes and translates this information. Subsequently, the relevant departments cross-reference this intelligence with Israel's internal artificial intelligence systems to determine targets for airstrikes.