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by JumpCrisscross 230 days ago
> Microsoft has to follow US sanctions

Microsoft has to follow US law. If it believes an order has been issued unlawfully, it—and everyone who works there who follows the order—has a civic duty to oppose the order in court.
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bunderbunder 230 days ago
Quite a few of the things that European authorities have been getting worried about the US Government being able to force Microsoft to do are explicitly enshrined in US law. See, for example, the CLOUD Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act
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onemoresoop 230 days ago
>Microsoft has to follow US law.

while operating in the US

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mkl 229 days ago
No, anywhere as far as data goes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act
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JumpCrisscross 230 days ago
> while operating in the US

While having anything to do with America or the U.S. dollar.

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