European governments could also be reconsidering their use of American know-how and providers, in accordance with a new report in The New York Times.
The flashpoint appears to return after President Donald Trump sanctioned Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor on the Worldwide Felony Court docket, over the ICC’s choice to situation arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former protection minister Yoav Gallant.
In response, Microsoft turned off Khan’s email address. Casper Klynge, a former diplomat who has additionally labored for Microsoft, instructed the NYT that Microsoft’s motion grew to become “the smoking gun that many Europeans had been on the lookout for,” pushing them to take a look at different choices. (Some ICC employees have reportedly converted to Swiss e-mail service Proton, for instance.)
“If the U.S. administration goes after sure organizations, nations or people, the concern is American corporations are obligated to conform,” Klynge stated.
For its half, Microsoft stated it has subsequently made coverage modifications to guard clients related conditions, and it famous that it didn’t shut down the e-mail accounts of 4 ICC judges who Trump sanctioned earlier this month. As well as, simply this week, CEO Satya Nadella introduced new “sovereign options” to guard European establishments.