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

@danslerush

There's a lesson there for all non-US entities. OpenSource is your answer.

@linuxgnome @danslerush

Absolutely. This is a fantastic advert for FOSS. I permanently ditched Windows a couple of years back when Windows 11’s AI freak show direction of travel was clear (and it’s entirely arbitrary block from being “compatible” with my laptop for the crime of being 1 year too old) and it's been liberating. Thanks to Steam's Proton there is not one single thing I could do on Windows that I can't do as well, or better, under Linux.

@linuxgnome @danslerush
NB: I appreciate Steam and Proton are not open source