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The post even acknowledges that Microsoft cannot fully guarantee continuity of service if they are ordered by another country to suspend or halt operations in Canada
Text reading: Finally, in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, continuity is essential. Microsoft pledges to rigorously defend the uninterrupted operation of cloud services for Canadian government customers. If ever confronted with an order to suspend or halt operations in Canada, we will pursue every available legal and diplomatic avenue—including litigation—to protect access to critical infrastructure. Our track record demonstrates our resolve to stand up for customer rights. We remain ready to reinforce this commitment through robust contractual agreements, confident in our ability to ensure the ongoing operation of Canadian datacentres. Ultimately, these efforts aim to deepen trust between people, institutions, and nations, grounded in mutual respect and a shared commitment to advancing Canada’s digital future. Microsoft’s digital infrastructure in Canada is not built on wheels. It is permanent infrastructure, and fully subject to Canadian laws and regulations. We recognize and respect that our operations in Canada are governed by Canadian law, just as we adhere to local laws in every country where we operate.
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ianmosby.bsky.social
If you think a US-based company would ever *in a million years* put Canadian sovereignty and security even slightly ahead of their profitability upon receiving even the smallest pressure from Trump or any other US President, I have a JPG of an ape I'd like to sell you.
Microsoft's 5 Point Digital Sovereignty Plan 1. Defending Canada's Cybersecurity • Threat Intelligence Hub in Ottawa with experts in threat intelligence and Al security research. • Access to global threat| intelligence data for collaboration with Canadian government and law enforcement. • Actively tracking and interdicting nation- state actors andi organized crime targeting Canada. 2. Keeping Canadian Data on Canadian Soil • In-country data processing and sovereign controls for Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions. • Azure Local to extend Azure capabilities to private cloud and on- premises environments. • Sovereign Al Landing Zone (SAIL) open- source project with public code on GitHub for secure Al deployment within Canada's borders. 3. Protecting Canadian Privacy • Confidential computing in Canadian datacentres to keep data encrypted and isolated during use. • Azure Key Vault with | external key management and customer-controlled encryption keys. • Contractual | commitments to challenge government demands for Canadian government customer data when legally possible. 4. Supporting Canada's Al Developers • Integrating Cohere's language models (Command A, Embed 4, Rerank) into Microsoft Foundry. • Exploring ways to embed Cohere's sovereign Canadian Al models into Microsoft services. • Partnerships to help Canadian Al innovators scale nationally and globally. 5. Ensuring Continuity of Canadian Cloud Services • Defence of uninterrupted cloud operations for Canadian government customers against any potential suspension orders. • Pursuit of all diplomatic and legal avenues including litigation-to Maintainerves continulty • Robust contractual agreements and permanent infrastructure governed by Canadian law.
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ianmosby.bsky.social
What born digital project has the funding to survive AI scrapers? I suspect it's vanishingly few.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ianmosby.bsky.social
Evergreen.
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
ianmosby.bsky.social
WARNING: NOT A METAPHOR
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM