The International Criminal Court (CPI) is stopping using the services of Microsoft to bet on an alternative software European amid growing fear of Donald Trump could instrumentalize dependence on American technology as a weapon of repression against its adversaries.
At the end of 2024, the high court issued an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the one who was his Minister of Defense, Yoav they can, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the guerra in Gaza. Outraged by the decision, the American president imposed a series of sanctions against the then chief prosecutor, Kareem Khan. Shortly after, Microsoft cut off access to its email service, as confirmed by the Associated Press and The New York Times.
The computer giant has denied that it is retaliation, although it has not clarified what the censorship to Khan. The fear that the Trump administration could exploit the lack of technological sovereignty of other places to its advantage has been enough for the CPI start turning your back on the office Microsoft Officepackage that includes Word, Excel, Power Point u Outlookamong others applications. This was announced last week by the German economic media Handelsblatt.
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European, sovereign and democratic alternatives
The court, in charge of trying those accused of committing crimes of genocidewar, aggression and against humanity, is migrating its operations to openDeska collaborative solution provided by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. That office suit is open sourcewhich means that, unlike the private, opaque and paid tools marketed since Silicon Valleyis accessible to everyone for free so that it can be audited, modified and shared.
Trump’s threats are forcing different countries in the European Union to accelerate the adoption of alternatives that reduce their technological dependence on USA. And giants like AmazonMicrosoft, Google, Oracle y IBM They control more than 70% of the European market cloud computingvital infrastructure to keep everything digital afloat. As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently warned, “USA is beginning to monetize its hegemony.”
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