US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate

> However, stopping working with Microsoft and other US tech companies is not an option in the short term, he told the magazine.

> Van der Burg is currently grappling with the issue of Solvinity, a Dutch cloud service provider which is widely used by government departments including the Digid identity system, and which is on the verge of being sold to a US company.

> The Dutch tax office is also currently switching to Microsoft systems, despite MPs’ concerns.

They all talk about the importance of European digital sovereignty and then continue to do the exact opposite behind the scenes.

I don't know what the US thinks it will gain by targeting civil servants. They are not the ones with the power to decide what happens, and retaliation would mean more anti-US people selecting themselves into these projects.

USA has always seemed it's companies. Will they do the same they did with International Criminal Court? They were investigating Israel genocide and now they judges can't use a credit card or travel.

Reference: https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-strongly-rejects-new-us-san...

Sorry, but "dutchnews.nl" is not a source I take seriously. Please link a publication on an established media outlet because this smells like misinfo.

Civil servant's info is public information (at least in Finland it is).

It's good that bureaucrats can't hide behind bureaucracy.

Good. downvote away, but unelected bureaucrats who make decisions that affect millions of people should not be shielded from public scrutiny. If regulators are exercising significant power over speech, competition, privacy, or access to information, it is legitimate to know who is making those decisions and to examine their actions .. this action from US cos forces skin in the game on these policy researchers ..

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