The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that the global tech company Cisco violated the civil rights of Middle Eastern, Muslim and other company employees. According to complaints employees filed in December 2024, an internal Cisco communications platform became a venue for racist and Islamophobic messages in the wake of the October 7, 2023, attack in Israel. The complaints say the abuse intensified after over 1,700 employees put their names to a public letter questioning the company’s relationship with the Israeli government. Posts allegedly cheered the deaths of Palestinian civilians, described Palestinians as animals, and singled out specific Cisco workers who had advocated for Palestinian rights.