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# Microsoft says it will stop itself suspending accounts under US sanctions orders
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-06-04-microsoft-account-suspension-policy-shift/
- Published: 2025-06-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:00:19.000Z
- Description: Microsoft told WirtschaftsWoche it will no longer itself deactivate customer accounts under US sanctions orders. The shift follows its February suspension of ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's email, leaving future suspension decisions to the customer.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #abroad, #editor-read

Reported Abroad Editor-read [beck-aktuell.de (citing WirtschaftsWoche), 4 June 2025](https://www.beck-aktuell.de/rechtsbranche/legal-tech-digitalisierung/microsoft-konten-sperrungen-us-sanktionen-israel-istgh-2025-06-04?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish a binding contractual change, only a reported internal policy shift conveyed through a spokesperson.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-20\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)