Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

[ergophobe]

To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/technology/us-tech-europe-microsoft-trump-icc.html

[littleman]

Seems something like this should be illegal overreach of power.

[rcjordan]

> illegal

Might already be illegal, but --as it turns out-- there are no consequences if you control congress and the DOJ.

People keep screaming to arrest him.  Who do they think is going to do that?

[ergophobe]

> Who do they think is going to do that?

Like most great quotes, this is probably apocryphal, but it reminds of the supposed Stalin quote: "The Pope? How many divisions does he have?"