> 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.

The article is thin on details about the sharing of names. If US companies responded to US government inquiries about speech regulation by forwarding the emails they received from Dutch regulators, those would unsurprisingly include regulators' names.

The article title seems like click bait, even though the article content goes on to have interesting details about EU attempts to reduce dependence on US technology companies.

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...

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

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

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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.