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Pro-Palestine activist interrupts keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference

Man claiming to be Apple employee disrupts event as company’s software engineer chief speaks

Merve Aydogan  | 11.06.2025 - Update : 11.06.2025
Pro-Palestine activist interrupts keynote address at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference

HAMILTON, Canada 

A man claiming to be an Apple employee disrupted the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) Tuesday while software engineer chief Craig Federighi was on stage making opening remarks.

The pro-Palestine activist suddenly walked onto the stage, unzipped his jacket and revealed a keffiyeh, shouting "Shame on you" and "How dare you" as he expressed support for Palestine.

A video of the protest widely shared on social media showed the protestor being escorted by security personnel as Federighi carried on with his speech.

Similar pro-Palestine protests took place previously as part of a larger campaign called No Azure for Apartheid, which is made up of both current and former Microsoft workers who are against contracts that they say facilitate mass surveillance and AI-powered communication monitoring in Gaza.

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