Ok I agree that de-banking is not a good thing overall from a political perspective.
But in this case, it seems fairly clear that A/I was providing services to organizations listed as Terrorist Organizations by the US, UK, and Canada. Seems like the best way around this is... don't do business with terrorists? I'd understand more if these were ONLY deemed by the US, but this is an international group.
> it seems fairly clear that A/I was providing services to organizations listed as Terrorist Organizations by the US, UK, and Canada
Let's take the UK as example. The organisation mentioned, Palestine Action, was indeed banned under terrorism laws. But on 13 February 2026, the UK High Court has ruled that the ban of Palestine Action under terrorism legislation is unlawful [1]. Why is that ‘fairly clear’ then?
Because anything the US, UK, and Canada doesn’t like becomes terrorism, including (for Palestine Action in the UK) retroactively. It’s not something the US should be able to decide for the world.
Given that the US governement consider that you are a terrorist if you are not a facist, any good person is considered a terrorist by the US government. UK being the US ball licking state, same.
I don't know which org hosted by A/I is considered terrorist by Canada but I'd like to have sources of actual terrorist attacks perpetuated by these org if they really exist before going deeper in that discussion. Most government now use terrorist word for orgs that act in a total peaceful way. Chaining yourself to a tree might be stupid, but it is not bringing terror anywhere for example yet many gov now label environmental activists as terrorists to discredite them and continue destroying the climate out of greed.
But in this case, it seems fairly clear that A/I was providing services to organizations listed as Terrorist Organizations by the US, UK, and Canada. Seems like the best way around this is... don't do business with terrorists? I'd understand more if these were ONLY deemed by the US, but this is an international group.