Microsoft Disables Some Israeli Use on ‘Mass Surveillance’ Rules

Microsoft Corp., disabled some use of its software by the Israeli military after an investigation spurred by news reports that the company’s products were involved in the surveillance of civilians.

The world’s largest software maker has faced protests by employees and media scrutiny over concerns that its software is being used to harm civilians in the war in Gaza. Microsoft said it found some evidence of reporting from the Guardian newspaper that data related to mass surveillance was being stored on Microsoft cloud servers.

The newspaper and other news organizations reported that Israel’s military intercepted millions of Palestinian mobile ...