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Microsoft's ICC blockade: digital dependence comes at a cost


In February, the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. As a result, Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has no

The conflict between the ICC and the US arose in November, when the former issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On top of that, the ICC is currently looking for European alternatives to the lost services, a smaller version of the larger concerns about Europe’s digital autonomy. There are plenty of services that could in principle provide the same functionality as the established names; the question is, however, whether they are enterprise-ready, secure, and fully sovereign.

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