June 4, 2025

Microsoft didn’t cut services to International Criminal Court, its president says

Chief prosecutor’s email issues have spurred fears in Europe that Trump could trigger a “kill switch” through U.S. tech giants abroad.

Microsoft did not stop or suspend its services to the International Criminal Court, the company’s President Brad Smith said, following reporting that it canceled the email address of the court’s chief prosecutor targeted by American sanctions.

The Associated Press reported in May that Microsoft “cancelled” the email address of Karim Khan, the prosecutor who was directly targeted by a February executive order by United States President Donald Trump that claimed the court had “engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions" against the U.S. and Israel.

Smith told reporters on Tuesday that Microsoft’s actions “did not in any way involve the cessation of services to the ICC.”