DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰMay 16

Incredible (but predictable) : #Microsoft has blocked the International Criminal Court's access (#ICC) to its services on the orders of the #Trump mafia.

Read that carefully : an international organisation that has no presence in the United States and no US legal rights has had its work tools blocked simply because it disagrees with the Trump administration. 🚩

Get the hell out of it right now.

› https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3

#Facism #Autocraty #Criminal #BigTech

Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work

Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. He has lost access to his email and his bank accounts have been frozen. American staffers at The Hague-based court also have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest. In addition, some nongovernmental organizations have stopped working with the ICC. Rights groups say these problems will prevent victims of war crimes from getting justice.

AP News
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@danslerush Out of what? As you yourself said, the ICC has no presence in the USA.

While disgusting, the whole story was entirely predictable:

The ICC issues arrest warrants for a key US ally => The US sanctions the ICC => US companies (Microsoft) are forced to stop serving the ICC, just like they can't serve any other sanctioned entity. More interestingly, UK companies (banks) have done the same - although unlike Microsoft, they had no legal obligation to do it.

May 16 at 1:18pmWeb