Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency The journalists were reporting on suspected North Korean hackers. Proton only reinstated their accounts after a public outcry.

Proton Mail suspended the account of a journalist writing for the hacker zine Phrack at the request of a cybersecurity agency, only reinstating the account after public outcry theintercept.com/2025/09/12/p...

Dutch government planning VAT increase to 21.4% to fill gap in budget The government wants to increase the high VAT rate from 21 to 21.4 percent next year to fill a gap in its budget, sources close to the Cabinet told the newspaper AD. That would make things like clothe...

The Netherlands is about to join the club: nltimes.nl/2025/01/29/d.... Perhaps this will make it easier to “sell” it to the people; who knows, we might see a 21.95% VAT rate soon :)