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Criminal Court: Microsoft's email block a wake-up call for digital sovereignty


Microsoft blocked the email account of Chief Prosecutor of the International Court of Justice after Trump's sanctions. Critics: “We urgently need alternatives.”

Microsoft is increasingly coming under fire for blocking the email account of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan. Even employees of a civil society organization that plays a central role in gathering evidence and locating witnesses have withdrawn money from US bank accounts to secure it from confiscation. OSBA Chairman Peter Ganten emphasizes: The sanctions against the criminal court ordered by the USA and implemented by the software giant “must be a wake-up call for all those responsible for the secure availability of state and private IT and communication infrastructures”.

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