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Dutch government tests European messaging app to reduce reliance on WhatsApp
State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts, responsible for Digital Economy and Sovereignty for D66, warns that reliance on foreign messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal poses a risk to the government. Her ministry has launched a pilot project with a European alternative as a first step, with the long-term goal of adopting a messaging platform fully controlled by the Dutch government.
State Secretary Willemijn Aerdts (Digital Economy and Sovereignty, D66) considers it a risk that the government is dependent on foreign messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Signal (both from the United States). Therefore, she has launched a small-scale experiment at her ministry with a European alternative. She views this as an intermediate step. Ultimately, she wants the central government to use a domestically managed messaging service.
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