This is why my company will never, ever use any Microsoft product.
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
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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…
Israel is not a proxy state, they self-determine oftentimes against what their allies have wanted them to do.
for the sake of understanding your position, could you provide some examples? to me it doesn’t seem clear that israeli foreign policy is far removed from US foreign policy or even in contention. The way we vote at the UNSC proves our support for some of the most grotesque of actions - deliberately killing infants and children. Their recent preemptive strike on Iran is, imo, further evidence of that proxy status.
Re: Microsoft suspended the email account of an ICC prosecutor at The Hague
#93They 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…
It’s a result of Congress being unable to actually debate anything or fundamentally deadlocked for decades. While many Americans do not want the President to have this power, likely more don’t want Congress to have it either.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/11/british-ic... > New details allege that Mr Khan pressured the alleged victim, a Malaysian woman in her 30s, into what the Wall Street Journal described as “non-consensual sexual intercourse” on several occasions. Dunno what you think "non-consensual sexual intercourse" is...
Sexual misconduct is the classic scapegoat to take down people who cause trouble, see Assange. You still need to learn to read in between the lines.
Also, since when does such a thing qualify for the takedown of an email account? Nor has he been convicted by a court or anything. Rule of law? The thought of knocking him out of his communications under these circumstances is absolutely ridiculous.
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The ICCs (and a bunch of other organizations') bias against Israel is pretty obvious no matter which side of the political aisle one stands on.
The ICC isn't biased against Israel, it just lacks the bias that the US has where it ignores and is actively complicit in Israeli crimes.
It is somewhat surprising though that they did not consider indicting Khamenei, Assad, Sinwar, or Haniyeh, isn't it?
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#96>> 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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#97https://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.
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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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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.
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#99Get angry at Europe, not Microsoft and USA.
Europeans live in a fairy land dream and need to wake up.
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They’re working on it! And they’re making it open source :) Our goal is to offer a privacy-focused, vendor-neutral alternative to platforms like Microsoft Exchange. https://stalw.art/blog/nlnet-grant-collaboration/
Great, but look at this. This is a joke. Let's see ... the EU funded Microsoft to the tune of 234.26 billion USD per year, and have been funding it for 50 years (starting at 0 of course). How much software does the EU expect to get for "between 5000 and 50000 euro"? (one-time). A software engineer in Bangalore can expect to make more than that, even after tax! The EU got INCREDIBLY lucky after Microsoft's rise. Linux…
It doesn't need to throw out the baby with the (US-controlled) bathwater. The EU should present Microsoft with an ultimatum similar to what China might: setup a non-controlled european licensee to own and manage all MS & Azure infrastructure in the region, or have some legislators force a similar structure on them. Complete control, full sourcecode, EU-only support/access - as a condition for corp HQ being allowed to have a monopolistic market share. Either way, nothing the US might decide to do should have any effect in "EU Microsoft", short of severing US Microsoft off completely, in which case EU MS just becomes fully autonomous and bye-bye US. Clearly, a US-controlled Microsoft without this structure is a deep security risk to europe now.