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Who is named
The characters and things this document talks about — 28 in alls. Each links to everything else the record knows about them.
People 1
Organisations 6
Denmark Google Microsoft International Criminal Court Germany European Union
Places 3
Claims made
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France banned Windows from 2.5 million government computers.
France just banned Windows from 2.5 million government computers.
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The United States sanctioned the International Criminal Court.
The US sanctioned the International Criminal Court.
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Microsoft locked the chief prosecutor out of his email overnight.
Microsoft locked the chief prosecutor out of his email overnight.
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Europe realized any government running American software is one executive order away from losing access to its own data.
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France ordered every ministry to ditch Windows, Teams, Zoom, and all American tech.
France ordered every ministry to ditch Windows, Teams, Zoom, and all American tech.
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2.5 million computers are moving to Linux.
2.5 million computers moving to Linux.
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Denmark dumped Microsoft Office.
Denmark dumped Microsoft Office.
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Germany moved 30,000 PCs to Linux.
Germany moved 30,000 PCs to Linux.
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All 27 EU members signed a digital sovereignty charter.
All 27 EU members signed a digital sovereignty charter.
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The US CLOUD Act lets American authorities force any US company to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.
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Every email on Gmail or Outlook is subject to US law.
Every email on Gmail or Outlook is subject to US law.
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iMessage and WhatsApp are US companies.
iMessage and WhatsApp are US companies.
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Signal is end-to-end encrypted, open source, and stores nothing.
Signal is end-to-end encrypted, open source, and stores nothing.
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Chrome is Google.
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Switch to Brave or Firefox.
Both block trackers by default. Neither sends your browsing history to an American company.
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