The Netherlands' digital mininster said the government will be forced to stop using Facebook pages if it doesn't get clarity on its concerns from Meta.

The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a statement advising the Dutch Interior Ministry not to rely on Facebook pages to communicate with citizens if it doesn’t have a clear idea of how Facebook uses the personal data of people who visit government pages.

  • WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    28·
    2 months ago

    They want to be able to have their information available where the population can see it. The population was/is on facebook so they post information to facebook. They did not rely on it, they just used it as another avenue for communication. Still good that they’re moving off of it though.

      • SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 months ago

        It is, they’re usually posts like “bought your first house? Find out how housing taxes work on rijksoverheid.nl”.

        The Dutch government seems to be pretty stringent on their single source of truth policy on the web.

    • summerof69@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, it’s not about privacy or anything like that. Which is why I don’t understand this decision at all. It’s not like they have to do anything besides public announcements on Facebook. What privacy are they trying to protect?