The Netherlands rethinks its US tech addiction.
28 January 2026
Dutch society is built on US digital services. That’s now seen as a glaring security issue.
As Dutch lawmakers in the parliament’s digital affairs committee met Tuesday to debate the issue, they received a petition signed by 140 000 people calling on the government to block the US acquisition of online identification tool DigiD.
As Dutch lawmakers in the parliament’s digital affairs committee met Tuesday to debate the issue, they received a petition signed by 140 000 people calling on the government to block the US acquisition of online identification tool DigiD.