Dutch gov't pulls report on dangers of American cloud service after criticism
10 hours ago
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- Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security removed a report on risks of Amazon’s 'European Sovereign Cloud' after criticism.
- Critics argue the report underestimates risks and reflects government's tunnel vision towards American big tech.
- Amazon’s European Sovereign Cloud aims for digital independence but faces skepticism over U.S. government access to data.
- A legal analysis by Greenberg Traurig concluded U.S. intervention is unlikely, but tech experts dispute this.
- Tech experts and academics raised concerns about lack of access to service technology and potential backdoors.
- The Ministry republished the report with disclaimers, stating it’s a legal, not technical, investigation.
- Growing push in the Netherlands and Europe to move government services away from American big tech.
- Critics accuse the Ministry’s SLM department of favoring American tech, dubbing it 'Dutch Ministry of Microsoft'.
- The Ministry claims it is also evaluating European cloud providers like StackIt and OVHCloud.