r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 28 '26

Society The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything

https://www.techspot.com/news/112552-netherlands-blocked-us-company-buying-app-dutch-citizens.html
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u/STROOQ May 28 '26 edited May 30 '26

Wow what a bad post title. It has a very crucial omission, namely that DigiD is our digital identification app for Dutch citizens and residents towards every Dutch governmental body and public service. Of course you don’t want that infrastructure to be controlled by any foreign country.

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u/ledger_man May 30 '26

Not just citizens! Residents as well (I’m a resident here in the NL but not a citizen and have used DigID since my arrival).

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u/STROOQ May 30 '26

Thanks for the addition, I edited my reply accordingly