Microsoft should’ve sued the government instead of immediately complying.
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
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Impertinent and disingenuous if you pay attention to the timeline; the EO was issued in February. The ICC has changed internal policies, and other members of the body sanctioned post-hoc have not had their email accounts suspended. The sexual misconduct allegations surfaced in May.
The sexual assault allegations were reported internally at the ICC last year. Look at this article discussing the allegations, by AP, from last year: https://apnews.com/article/war-crimes-international-criminal...
Thank you for providing that context. My follow up question is do you think that had any pertinence towards the issuance of that particular executive order and subsequent suspension of their email account? Or, is it perhaps a persuasive nugget put in there to lend mild credibility to what Trump is doing?
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#33Did everyone miss the last line of the article and/or is everyone unaware of the fact this particular prosecutor has been suspended and is being investigated by the police for rape? Kind of pertinent to the story... His official work email was suspended because he's suspended from the organization...
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
You not reading that commentary and it not taking place are two very different things! Plenty of folks expressed constitutionality concerns for several types of actions that the Biden admin took. However, you may find that the enacted sanctions hold up significantly better under meaningful scrutiny than Trump cutting off email for one person investigating the war crimes and evidence of genocide in Gaza at the hands o…
That commentary was far less prevalent and met a lot of resistance from the same people here. Few people imagine something like a Department of Mis/Disinformation not being such a good thing if its their person in charge and don't imagine a situation where someone else takes over later on something like the Israeli/Palestinian conflict where there's a schism within parties about what is "misinformation". Instead they…
My point is that those conversations were happening in earnest, irrespective of the GPs perception or lack thereof. Additionally, the element of scrutiny I described would still be interesting to explore with the particular EOs referenced by the GP.
Here’s an example article from Reuters that details the potential national security implications with regard to Nvidia GPUs, novel AI technology, and military advancement.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-cut-china-off-more-...
Fear-mongering aside, that’s much more digestible reason than muzzling someone rightfully investigating war crimes commanded by the leaders of our proxy state.
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#35Did everyone miss the last line of the article and/or is everyone unaware of the fact this particular prosecutor has been suspended and is being investigated by the police for rape? Kind of pertinent to the story... His official work email was suspended because he's suspended from the organization...
He is not being investigated for rape. The article says "sexual misconduct"
Read other articles about the accusations themselves. It's rape.
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#36Did everyone miss the last line of the article and/or is everyone unaware of the fact this particular prosecutor has been suspended and is being investigated by the police for rape? Kind of pertinent to the story... His official work email was suspended because he's suspended from the organization...
Even if so, do rapists not get email accounts anymore?
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#37Did everyone miss the last line of the article and/or is everyone unaware of the fact this particular prosecutor has been suspended and is being investigated by the police for rape? Kind of pertinent to the story... His official work email was suspended because he's suspended from the organization...
I missed it because it was at the very end so thanks for pointing it out. Sounds like Trump’s EO had nothing to do with with suspending the account? > Microsoft said the decision to suspend Mr. Khan’s email had been made in consultation with the I.C.C. The company said it had since enacted policy changes that had been in the works before the episode to protect customers in similar geopolitical situations in the futur…
ICC could’ve suspended his email themselves if they wanted to. Microsoft corp didn’t need to be included.
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#38They didn't even resist/appeal the order? It is an EO, not a law. Goes to show just how subservient and feckless Microsoft is. Nominative determinism much?
- "It is an EO, not a law." Still, backed by pretty solid statutory authority[0] (one created by Democrats and signed into law by Carter, in point of fact). Congress wanted the President to have this power. I'll get scorched for this, but: I never once read a word of complaint about separation-of-powers, when Biden was sanctioning objects left and right for his own, self-declared, national-security emergencies. I don…
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#39Did everyone miss the last line of the article and/or is everyone unaware of the fact this particular prosecutor has been suspended and is being investigated by the police for rape? Kind of pertinent to the story... His official work email was suspended because he's suspended from the organization...
He is not being investigated for rape. The article says "sexual misconduct"
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#40>> 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.
Please do. Some real competition would be good for all sides!
Why stop there? You have a call, its a Rafale: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/no-us-in-nato-thats-ok-rafal...