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Dutch parliament highly critical of Microsoft's ICC blockade


The Dutch parliament wants clarification from the government about Microsoft's blocking of the email address of the chief prosecutor of the International

A week ago, the AP news agency reported that Microsoft had blocked the email address of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), forcing him to switch to Proton Mail. CDA MPs Bontenbal, Krul, and Boswijk asked similar questions (as compiled by the Dutch site Security.NL) and emphasize the potential risks for government organizations. “Is it true that this measure means in practice that any government organization that uses US digital services could lose access to them at any time, without any form of checks and balances such as intervention by a court?” they ask Veldkamp and Szabó.

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