Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta shared names of #Dutch civil servants and scientists with the US senate commission that investigates "tech censorship".
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Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta shared names of #Dutch civil servants and scientists with the US senate commission that investigates "tech censorship".
Dutch secretary of state says that stopping to work with American tech companies on the short term is not possible.
This is nonsense. Also people have been trying to put digital independence on the agenda for years, without much success, unfortunately.
Article in Dutch:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2615391-techbedrijven-deelden-namen-nederlandse-ambtenaren-met-vs-ontzettend-zorgelijk -
Tech companies like Microsoft and Meta shared names of #Dutch civil servants and scientists with the US senate commission that investigates "tech censorship".
Dutch secretary of state says that stopping to work with American tech companies on the short term is not possible.
This is nonsense. Also people have been trying to put digital independence on the agenda for years, without much success, unfortunately.
Article in Dutch:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2615391-techbedrijven-deelden-namen-nederlandse-ambtenaren-met-vs-ontzettend-zorgelijkLet me add that I'm not a proponent of thinking in power blocks like EU, US, China, Russia, and judging people and companies based on in which country they reside. #Everywhere are good people and companies.
The problem is if governments have policies to undermine #values that are important to me. And, these values important to me are values that are also taking #others, #animals and #nature into account.
But it is a problem if services fall under an unfriendly, or even hostile #jurisdiction.
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Let me add that I'm not a proponent of thinking in power blocks like EU, US, China, Russia, and judging people and companies based on in which country they reside. #Everywhere are good people and companies.
The problem is if governments have policies to undermine #values that are important to me. And, these values important to me are values that are also taking #others, #animals and #nature into account.
But it is a problem if services fall under an unfriendly, or even hostile #jurisdiction.
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