A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.

She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA

That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.

I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.

This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/

‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life

Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary

The Irish Times
@frank This happened to Francesca Albanese too. She is the U.N. special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. You can imagine why US gov blocked her credit cards. Anyway, this article from El Pais in English summarises the issue: https://archive.is/XmiAe

@passiomatic

Yeah, the USA is basically censoring people they don't like.