already known...but let's put a spotlight on the next ICC judge (from Canada) who is cancelled from the digital life. No Amazon, no Mastercard, no Netflix account...
Just because Trump doesn't like the ruling of an independent international institution like the International Criminal Court.
ICC judges have been forcibly removed from most digital services, credit cards, and banks.
"Amazon, obliged to implement the sanctions as a US company, had cancelled her account."
irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/1…
‘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 judiciaryNaomi O’Leary (The Irish Times)
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Running an international system (any system) through a single nation was always lazy, cheap and insecure. SWIFT, Domain Names, etc. The US seemed the most stable, least worrisome 50 years ago.
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As Cory Doctorow has ably pointed out in his most recent essay, using digital and banking services as a weapon this way is possible because of the monopoly these American corporations hold. That monopoly is enabled and upheld by our domestic anti-circumvention laws (copyright and other protections).
Far more impactful than any fine would be allowing Canadian individuals and companies to develop domestic versions of these services that fairly compete with risky America versions that can be weaponized by a belligerent government.
This situation isn’t some inevitable and unfortunate act of nature, it is the deliberate end point of a set of policies and laws that can be changed here at home.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-s…
Pluralistic: America’s collapsing consumption is the world’s disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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in reply to Adfichter • • •while #india I discovered #wise payments. The Mastercard was having a spaz and my #UP account suggested a transfer using #wise. It was so seamless. Set up by 2 guys in Europe who struggled with bank transfers between countries.
Would love to know if anyone knows more about it.
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