Bits of Freedom

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Sex worker on a bed
Business
WhatsApp blocks Dutch sex workers, cutting off their income
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The AIVD building in Zoetermeer
Politics
Dutch intelligence agencies accused of privacy breaches in large-scale data processing
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Meta
Business
Dutch organizations demand that Meta stop blocking LGBTQIA+ accounts
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Woman working on a laptop
TechInnovation
16% of Dutch don't have basic digital skills; Little improvement from 2 years ago
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Ring video doorbell
Crime
Third of doorbell camera owners retaining footage of public space longer than allowed
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Dutch police station.
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch Tax Authority and Police named biggest privacy violators of 2025
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Meta
Business
Meta drops appeal against court ruling requiring non-algorithmic social media timelines
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Meta
BusinessTech
Meta adjusts Facebook, Instagram timelines after court ruling; Some changes missing
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Meta
PoliticsBusiness
At least one Dutch account among dozens of LGBTQIA+ pages quietly deleted by Meta
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Meta
PoliticsTech
Civil Rights Group sues Meta over user control of Facebook and Instagram
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Dick Schoof during an interview as the top civil servant at the Ministry of Justice and Security. 8 June 2021
Politics
Schoof thinks he is above the law, says civil rights group; Muslim organization unnerved
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An UWV office complex in Breda. November 2015
Business
Benefits agency UWV using tracking cookies to spy on welfare recipients: report
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The first NL-Alert issued in Noord-Holland for Storm Poly. 5 July 2023
1-1-2PoliticsNature
Emergency office criticized for sending people to Twitter for Storm Poly updates
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Security camera footage shows the white van used to murder Mehmet Kiliçsoy In Beuningen in 2020
Crime
Ten cameras per square kilometer: NL residents increasingly recorded
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A police officer at a crime scene in 2020
Crime
Over 300,000 security cameras registered in Dutch police database
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Dutch police officer using the Sky ECC encrypted messaging service. 9 March 2021
Crime
Police keeping data of 9 million people's relocations, marriages, nationality: report
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The AIVD building in Zoetermeer
Politics
Dutch security services ordered to delete five valuable datasets
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Scales of justice and gavel on law book
Politics
Dutch coalition to EU court to un-block Russian sites
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Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus speaking in parliament with Health Minister Hugo de Jonge and Prime Minister Mark Rutte sitting behind him, 2 September 2020
Politics
Health, Justice Ministers win Big Brother Award for privacy violations
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WhatsApp encryption
Tech
Stimulate, don't limit message encryption, civil organizations say
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Data privacy
PoliticsTech
At least 25 Dutch municipalities using algorithms to profile residents: report
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Siri
Innovation
Apple promises to stop listening in on Dutch Siri conversations
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Facebook
PoliticsInnovation
Facebook not sticking to political transparency promises: privacy group
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BusinessInnovation
Hundreds of Dutch sites tracking consumers without permission: report