Current and former Microsoft employees were among those arrested, said the protest group No Azure for Apartheid. The protesters could be seen huddled together on a Twitch livestream as officers moved in to arrest them. During a media briefing Tuesday afternoon, Smith said two of those arrested were Microsoft employees. Following The AP’s report, Microsoft said a review found no evidence that its Azure platform and artificial intelligence technologies were used to target or harm people in Gaza. In the statement Tuesday, the protest groups said the disruptions were “to protest Microsoft’s active role in the genocide of Palestinians.”