Press Release on BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy https://belibre.be/en/blog/persnota/ Recent content in Press Release on BeLibre - Belgian Think Tank on Digital Autonomy Hugo en Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0100 Press release - March 17, 2026 https://belibre.be/en/press-release/2026-03-17/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:30:14 +0100 https://belibre.be/en/press-release/2026-03-17/ <h2 id="us-congress-demands-messages-from-european-officials-via-microsoft-and-google">US Congress demands messages from European officials via Microsoft and Google</h2> <p><em>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.</em></p> <p>Brussels, March 17, 2026</p> <p>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).</p> BeLibre Sovereignty Map https://belibre.be/map/ Mon, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hand crafted https://belibre.be/map/ Interactive map where you can discover digital sovereignty in municipalities, schools, emergency services or other critical infrastructure in our country and beyond.