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Veterans meeting in a lunchroom

| Shelley McKinley - Head of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft

Working together to bring broadband to rural Veterans

Jenny Lay-Flurrie stands by a glass window

| Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer

Making accessibility easy to learn, use, build and master

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

The Christchurch Call and steps to tackle terrorist and violent extremist content

Jacqueline Beauchere, second from left, participates in a panel discussion on digital citizenship

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

US Chamber of Commerce Digital Empowers Summit focuses on innovations for business and social good

I voted stickers

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

Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting

campaign staff working on laptops in a room

| Jan Neutze - Senior Director, Digital Diplomacy.

Protecting political campaigns from hacking

Two women in office with laptop

| Julie Brill - Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft

Increasing transparency and customer control over data

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Microsoft releases biannual digital trust reports

Screenshot of TrialWatch app

| Brad Smith - President

Tech that makes the world a witness to courtroom injustices across the globe

Panelists at the Microsoft screening of the documentary film “Netizens” share their views

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

‘Netizens’ highlights the need for collaboration to fight online harassment, ‘revenge porn’

Forest trees mapped by type

| Brad Smith - President

We’re increasing our carbon fee as we double down on sustainability

Woman with a tablet computer in a warehouse

| Brad Smith - President

Check out the PBS documentary on ‘CyberWork and the American Dream’

| John Kahan - Chief Data Analytics Officer

It’s time for a new approach for mapping broadband data to better serve Americans

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| Erich Andersen - Corporate Vice President and Chief IP Counsel of Microsoft’s Intellectual Property Group

Microsoft expands Azure IP Advantage Program with new IP benefits for Azure IoT innovators and startups

Exterior shot of Microsoft Forensics Lab

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

New steps to protect customers from hacking

| Brad Smith - President

A tragedy that calls for more than words: The need for the tech sector to learn and act after events in New Zealand

Chesapeake Bay shoreline

| Paul Fleming - Water Program Manager at Microsoft

On World Water Day, Microsoft is delivering new approaches to ensure we leave no one behind

Panel discussion at the launch of Power of Zero

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

‘Power of Zero’ campaign launches, promoting digital civility and positive online behaviors

Two girls at computer

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

Girls from diverse backgrounds have the lens computer science needs — give them encouragement and inclusive spaces to innovate

Poster for Microsoft AccountGuard

| Microsoft Corporate Blogs

Expanding efforts to protect European democracies from cyberthreats

Jacqueline Beauchere participates in a panel discussion on online well-being with teens and researchers in Milan, Italy.

| Jacqueline Beauchere - Microsoft Chief Online Safety Officer

European teens use their voices for digital good at Italy’s Safer Internet Day events

Illustration of Washington state capitol

| Brad Smith - President

Next Generation Washington: Our priorities for 2019

| Jacqueline Beauchere, Chief Online Safety Officer

People around the world report increased civility online, new Microsoft research shows