ClaimsSatya Nadella

“Today, we are announcing the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft cloud.”

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, on X 6 May 2021 Post by @satyanadella on X, 2021-05-06 (X)

Factual AI policy and governance

On 2021-05-06 Microsoft announced the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft cloud.

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What would count as true or false

True: a Microsoft announcement (for example a Microsoft On the Issues blog post by Brad Smith or Satya Nadella) dated 2021-05-06 announced the 'EU Data Boundary' for the Microsoft cloud. Mostly true: it was announced within a day or two of 2021-05-06, or under a slightly different name for the same commitment to store and process EU customer data in the EU. Mostly false: the boundary had been announced substantially earlier, so this was not a new announcement, or it was announced only later. False: no such Microsoft commitment was announced around that time.

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Evidence (4)

  1. E1 Answering Europe’s Call: Storing and Processing EU Data in the EU - EU Policy Blog Microsoft EU Policy Blog (blogs.microsoft.com) · 6 May 2021 Own record

    “Today we are announcing a new pledge for the European Union.”

  2. E2 Answering Europe’s Call: Storing and Processing EU Data in the EU - EU Policy Blog Microsoft EU Policy Blog (blogs.microsoft.com) · 6 May 2021 Own record

    “We’re calling this plan the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud.”

  3. E3 Microsoft Says It Will Let EU Customers Keep Data Inside Bloc - Law360 Law360 · 6 May 2021

    “Microsoft committed Thursday to allowing businesses and government entities that use its cloud services in the European Union to store all of their data locally, amid lingering uncertainties about how to legally transfer data outside the bloc.”

  4. E4 Microsoft EU Data Boundary Microsoft Tech Community · 6 May 2021 Own record

    “Today, we are announcing that on January 1, 2023, Microsoft will begin a phased rollout of our EU Data Boundary solution to public sector and commercial customers in the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).”

Reasoning

Microsoft's EU Policy Blog post dated 2021-05-06 says "Today we are announcing a new pledge for the European Union" and calls the plan "the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud" (E1, E2). Law360 independently reported the same day that Microsoft "committed Thursday" to letting EU cloud customers store all their data locally (E3). The Law360 article is dated 2021-05-06, the same day as Microsoft's blog post, and reports that Microsoft made the commitment "Thursday" [E3]. Together these sources show the EU Data Boundary was announced on 2021-05-06 under that name.

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Satya Nadella, “On 2021-05-06 Microsoft announced the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft cloud.” (said 6 May 2021). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_bd1e3c5cd6e1, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_bd1e3c5cd6e1

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