A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
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@frank That should scare us all
Without a doubt lol
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Yeah, I don't see much about that.
She's getting a bit of support and raising awareness.
But it seems very laughable.
@frank Spain, Ireland and S Africa are a breath of fresh air, but they are lone voices in a world that seemingly gave up on international law in 2023. They are all about preaching two-faced sermons to their own citizens to retain power for themselves, but when push comes to shove they appease genocide and fascism. They dumped democracy somewhere back down the road
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A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA
That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.
I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.
This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
The ICC Judge, Kimberly Prost is currently in #Aotearoa #NewZealand doing some university lectures. She spoke with NZ’s Q&A current affairs host, Jack Tame about the costs she’s faced since being sanctioned by the #Trump administration for attempting to investigate allegations of #WarCrimes, and why the mission of the #ICC is so important.
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@frank Spain, Ireland and S Africa are a breath of fresh air, but they are lone voices in a world that seemingly gave up on international law in 2023. They are all about preaching two-faced sermons to their own citizens to retain power for themselves, but when push comes to shove they appease genocide and fascism. They dumped democracy somewhere back down the road
@frank And, what I see is other govts copying the authoritarian lunacy that Trump preaches. Even so-called moderate govts like UK Labour are clamping down on free speech now, and Germany has been since Merkel stood down
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The ICC Judge, Kimberly Prost is currently in #Aotearoa #NewZealand doing some university lectures. She spoke with NZ’s Q&A current affairs host, Jack Tame about the costs she’s faced since being sanctioned by the #Trump administration for attempting to investigate allegations of #WarCrimes, and why the mission of the #ICC is so important.
@jeremy_pm
Interesting, I'll watch this.Thanks for sharing
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A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA
That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.
I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.
This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
@frank this is very fucked
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@frank And, what I see is other govts copying the authoritarian lunacy that Trump preaches. Even so-called moderate govts like UK Labour are clamping down on free speech now, and Germany has been since Merkel stood down
@frank We never needed the Greens more than we do now. And if we get Reform, then frankly its over
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@frank this is very fucked
Yup, very fucked
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@ThaDude
She's a judge in the International Criminal Court (ICC). It's related to major crimes like wars, genocides, etc.While they share frozen bank accounts, their situations seem quite different.
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A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA
That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.
I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.
This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
@frank just use chinas unionpay. Works in 80 countries, can't be sanctioned by the USA. Not on swift. -
A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA
That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.
I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.
This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
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@frank just use chinas unionpay. Works in 80 countries, can't be sanctioned by the USA. Not on swift.
Yeah, but by doing that, don't you just trade an evil for another evil?
What if one day, china decides to use it against us? Just like the USA is currently doing...
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A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA
That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.
I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.
This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
@frank Canada having its own credit card system would be a huge step.
We already have Interac which is hugely successful and widely used for point of sale and e-transfers.
We already also have largely independent financial interbank networks like Interac, Acculink & The Exchange.
Internationally though, it's more difficult.
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@frank Canada having its own credit card system would be a huge step.
We already have Interac which is hugely successful and widely used for point of sale and e-transfers.
We already also have largely independent financial interbank networks like Interac, Acculink & The Exchange.
Internationally though, it's more difficult.
Interac is very cool. It does debit cards and e-transfers in Canada.
But it doesn't do credit cards and if you want to do internationally, you usually have go though Mastercard/Visa
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Interac is very cool. It does debit cards and e-transfers in Canada.
But it doesn't do credit cards and if you want to do internationally, you usually have go though Mastercard/Visa
@frank Exactly. Yeah nationally we're pretty good already. Internationally though, it's much more difficult.
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A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA
That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.
I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.
This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
The Irish Times (www.irishtimes.com)
@frank Are there any updates on this? A month ago I tried to search for news on her and nothing was coming up aside from the original sanctions
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Sure, but I think more people need to stop using American tech.
Even me, I still use Visa, Mastercard, YouTube, Amazon, Discord, etc.
They could close them at any moment given enough incentive.
Moving out is obviously an on-going process.
@frank That is the reason I left facebook and went to Mastodon
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@frank Are there any updates on this? A month ago I tried to search for news on her and nothing was coming up aside from the original sanctions
I was given this video that was published 5 days ago.
She's doing an interview in New Zealand
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@frank That is the reason I left facebook and went to Mastodon
Yeah, I'm also planning to delete my Facebook. I still use Messenger and Marketplace though.
Ideally, I wanna start hosting my own stuff.
