A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.
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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.
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Yeah, I'm also planning to delete my Facebook. I still use Messenger and Marketplace though.
Ideally, I wanna start hosting my own stuff.
@frank I am looking at dumping Google
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@frank I am looking at dumping Google
For me, only YouTube is holding me to delete my Google account.
I don't use gmail anymore.
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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...
@frank the point is to promote resilient tactics in the face of censorship. No financial system provides complete immunity from weaponization, save maybe monero, but as a journalist it is incumbent upon you to understand opsec when covering certain topics. -
@frank the point is to promote resilient tactics in the face of censorship. No financial system provides complete immunity from weaponization, save maybe monero, but as a journalist it is incumbent upon you to understand opsec when covering certain topics.
Yeah, having multiple options is probably already a great start.
That way, you're not locked to one particular country.
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@frank Exactly. Yeah nationally we're pretty good already. Internationally though, it's much more difficult.
I'm not very familiar internationally.
I convert currencies quite often and I know that Mastercard/Visa are widely used.
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I'm not very familiar internationally.
I convert currencies quite often and I know that Mastercard/Visa are widely used.
@frank Yeah same. Anytime I needed currency I just ordered it through my bank, or used my Visa/MasterCard internationally.
Buuuuut there is no non-US alternative offered here.
Other countries have them, like JCB and UnionPay - but not Canada. I believe Europe had their own Credit Card networks, but none as large as MC or Visa.
