Not surprising that the biggest tech companies are complicit in the biggest war crimes and atrocities of a generation. In the 1940s it was IBM providing holocaust tabulation machines. In the 2020s, it's companies like Microsoft providing the tech infrastructure for AI-assisted targeting and pervasive surveillance in the ongoing Gaza holocaust.
Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
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Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#102Get angry at Europe, not Microsoft and USA. Europeans live in a fairy land dream and need to wake up.
I can perfectly well blame my home country of America for this. This is terrible business policy that destroys America's business advantages with unjustifiable federal overreach.
That's an issue with America. For all American businesses.
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#103Get angry at Europe, not Microsoft and USA. Europeans live in a fairy land dream and need to wake up.
No one's angry. This just gives a bigger impetus to de-Americanizing the tech stack. I've recently taken part in a decision at our university to use a non-US based cloud storage provider for some relatively sensitive health data. The risk is just too high, and justifies paying a slight premium elsewhere. Sadly we're not likely to migrate away from Office 365 over here, but for any new vendor decisions, US now definitely equals premium for risk of fuckery.
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The US continues to burn its soft power capital to defend Israel - this guy was only targeted because of his investigations on Israeli war crimes.
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If the US is in the wrong, why should I as a citizen not want our government officials held accountable?
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#105Not surprising that the biggest tech companies are complicit in the biggest war crimes and atrocities of a generation. In the 1940s it was IBM providing holocaust tabulation machines. In the 2020s, it's companies like Microsoft providing the tech infrastructure for AI-assisted targeting and pervasive surveillance in the ongoing Gaza holocaust.
As always, it's Palantir: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/palantir...
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#106Get angry at Europe, not Microsoft and USA. Europeans live in a fairy land dream and need to wake up.
What should we be getting angry at Europe for in this context?
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
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That sounds...appropriate? I would have no issues with every living former US President being accountable for their crimes, and I expect they would all be convicted.
It’s not appropriate for an international court that we’re not even a part of to put our Presidents and their subordinates on trial, nor is it something we should meekly concede to.
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#108https://archive.is/QIvhV US tech dominance has long been seen as a benefit and this administration is ruining that position.
> this administration is ruining that position. this administration is ruining many things. China doesnt even have to fight to win new soft power - the US is doing it to themselves.
Agent Krasnov, mission accomplished.
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#109>> Casper Klynge, a former Danish and European Union diplomat who worked for Microsoft, said the episode was in many ways the “smoking gun that many Europeans had been looking for.” Damn right. Strong evidence that Europe should look after their own, and not rely on the good old US of A. Written by an Australian who thinks we should do the same down here.
The US continues to burn its soft power capital to defend Israel - this guy was only targeted because of his investigations on Israeli war crimes.
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Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#110Get angry at Europe, not Microsoft and USA. Europeans live in a fairy land dream and need to wake up.
What should we be getting angry at Europe for in this context?
Not seeing this coming, I guess. IT experts where warning of this for years but where essentially ridiculed instead. I still blame the US for backstabbing their allies though.