Press release - March 17, 2026

US Congress demands messages from European officials via Microsoft and Google

What the Belgian privacy and tech community has been warning about for years is now confirmed: those who communicate via American cloud services communicate under American oversight.

Brussels, March 17, 2026

On March 16, 2026, the US House of Representatives formally reminded ten major technology companies (Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), Microsoft, OpenAI, Reddit, Rumble, TikTok, and xAI) of their obligation to hand over all communications with European institutions to the Judiciary Committee. The letters, signed by Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, specifically target messages exchanged by European officials in the context of the Digital Services Act (DSA).