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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

If Trump wants Greenland, he can just order Microsoft to switch off Office 365 for the country and every ministry and significant firm will be shuttered in an instant, along with many households: pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/d... 40/

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Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

He can order Apple and Google to shut off all of Denmark's phones. He can order John Deere to shut off all their *tractors*: pluralistic.net/2022/05/08/a... 41/

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About those kill-switched Ukrainian tractors – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

(One thing we *don't* need to worry about is Trump ordering OpenAI and Anthropic to switch off all of Europe's chatbots - sure, he *could* do that, but if he did, nothing important would break:) pluralistic.net/2026/06/18/t... 42/

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Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn’t exist (18 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Buckleup36 @buckleup36.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Another catastrophic scenario: He could devastate the air force of another country by ordering Lockheed Martin or Boeing to disable the software running the military jets they purchased. Or embargo critical software updates.

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