The daily notes that US President Donald Trump has no scruples to use modern technologies as a weapon. According to “Rz”, this story, which met Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. “When he issued the arrest of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with the accusations of war crimes, Microsoft-based on the Trump's decree-turned off his e-mail“, because” Washington did not like the court's decision in the Netherlands. “
The newspaper asks the question whether in this way the US can also cut off Europeans from operating systems (Windows, iOS, Android), social media (including Facebook, X), mailboxes (Gmail, Outlook), access to the cloud of computing (e.g. AWS, Azure), satellite Internet (Starlink) and AI technology (e.g. Gemini, ChatgPT)?
And he replies that they are all concentrated in the hands of Microsoft, Google, Amazon, the finish, but also Opeli or Elon Musk's Empire. “It is enough to mention that For over 70 percent The European cloud market corresponds to suppliers from across the ocean” – says” Rz “.
According to the newspaper, experts have no doubt – “American digital domination, used to collect data and punish opponents, even in allied countries, is a real risk“.
“Trump's return to the office of the US President and the America First doctrine forced by him among companies using American software and cloud infrastructure,” said Mateusz Krempa, a manager at Cookie Information, quoted by “Rzeczpospolita”.
Geopolitical uncertainty and the digital world. “Europe may be more independent”
“In times of geopolitical uncertainty, Europe may be more independent in the digital world,” says Andy Garth, director at ESET, Slovak company from IT security. According to Rz “, this return can already be seen, e.g. “At the Berlin Charitable Organization, Topio volunteers help those who want to” clean their phones from the influence of American technology companies “, Installing the software without Google solutions.
In turn, the German Schleswik-Holsztyn announced that he was giving up Microsoft's software in favor of Open Source. The authorities of French Lyon did the same. The Parliament of the Netherlands obliged public institutions to use European cloud services first. “
