A while back, Microsoft, complying with a demand by the US government, locked the account of a worker at the International Criminal Court, because, reasons.
Said worker in Europe, was suddenly unable to access his account, read emails, etc.
Nice
But several EU countries looked at that and said "WTF ... the US gov can just decide to lock someone in the EU out of their own account?!"
... and as a result, Germany and other countries are rapidly getting off all Microsoft and other US software
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RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@mloxton/116144163070437689
Dear people - please check your sources. This is very much not what is happening: see Bavaria extending its contract with Microsoft: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Cloud-Row-in-Bavaria-over-billion-euro-Microsoft-contract-without-tender-11114488.html See the Netherlands outsourcing the VAT handling to a US company: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116137241938000063
