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| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

People’s online social circles are becoming riskier, new Microsoft research shows

French President Emmanuel Macron speaking at UNESCO in Paris

| Brad Smith - President

An important step toward peace and security in the digital world

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Microsoft hosts tech industry hackathon to combat child online grooming

Members of Team Rubicon working in the field

| Justin Spelhaug - General Manager, Microsoft Philanthropies

New Dynamics 365 Nonprofit Accelerator supports organizations with end-to-end solutions

Photo of Teri List-Stoll

| Carolyn Frantz - Secretary and Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

Microsoft’s Board of Director Video Series: An interview with board member Teri List-Stoll

American soldier with a laptop

| Brad Smith - President

Technology and the US military

Sunset at wind farm

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Buying renewable energy should be easy — here’s one way to make it less complex

| Lucas Joppa - Chief Environmental Officer

Microsoft supports I-1631

Mary Snapp on stage in front of a crowd speaking at the launch of Skillful Indiana

| Mary Snapp - Corporate Vice President and Head of Microsoft Philanthropies

Ensuring more Americans can benefit from the digital economy

Young boy in class raises his hand

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

‘Power of Zero’ campaign promotes healthy online behaviors from early ages

Student with a laptop device

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Millennials encounter the most risk online, new Microsoft research shows

Digital Peace now poster showing five faces

| Kate O'Sullivan - General Manager of Digital Diplomacy

‘Digital Peace Now’ launches this weekend

Two female refugees in Athens

| Mary Snapp - Corporate Vice President and Head of Microsoft Philanthropies

Empowering a sustainable future

A young mother and her baby

| Brad Smith - President

Using AI to help save lives

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| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Microsoft releases biannual digital trust reports

Text promoting the Global Climate Action Summit

| Lucas Joppa - Chief Environmental Officer

Beyond our four walls: How Microsoft is accelerating sustainability progress

Columns in Washington, D.C.

| Brad Smith - President

A call for principle-based international agreements to govern law enforcement access to data

Middle school students share laptop

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Microsoft study: Teens looking to parents for help with online issues

Close up of father holding hand of baby son

| Dev Stahlkopf - Corporate Vice President and General Counsel

Paid parental leave matters

Female student working on a Surface laptop

| Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust

Defending against disinformation in partnership with NewsGuard

A sign encouraging people to vote hangs on display at a polling station in Wisconsin

| Brad Smith - President

We are taking new steps against broadening threats to democracy

Microsoft AccountGuard graphic

| Tom Burt - Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust

Protecting democracy with Microsoft AccountGuard

Jacqueline Beauchere, kneeling, lower right, and Microsoft’s Council for Digital Good with an enlarged copy of the council’s open letter to law- and policymakers, and the cohort’s manifesto for life online in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2018.

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

Reflections on Microsoft’s inaugural Council for Digital Good event in D.C.

Map of US broadband access by county

| Paul Garnett - Senior Director of the Microsoft Airband Initiative

Better broadband data can lend a voice to rural Americans