The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency responsible for enforcing anti-discrimination laws, has determined that technology giant Cisco may have violated the civil rights of Muslim and Arab employees by allowing a hostile work environment to persist. The finding stems from a December 2024 complaint filed on behalf of a Cisco employee group called Bridge to Humanity, which alleged that signatories of an internal open letter urging the company to stop supplying technology to Israel faced harassment, including violent and dehumanising remarks posted in internal messaging channels, with the company slow to act despite employees submitting a 76-page report documenting the abuse. The EEOC also found that Cisco retaliated against at least one employee by terminating her for involvement in pro-Palestine activities — a ruling advocates are calling the first governmental finding to side with Big Tech workers organising around their employer's sales of technology to Israel.