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Netherlands: No “Disappearing” Text Messages — the Nokiagate, Assessing the growing practice of government officials relying on disappearing text messages to sidestep oversight and accountability
From: Open Governments, Secret Canada
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In this chapter, Malone examines the2022 Nokiagate scandal in which Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was caught deleting government text messages, and contrasts the Netherlands’ transparency laws with Canada’s more limited Access to Information framework.
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Matt Malone
Matt Malone is a writer, lawyer, and academic whose work explores the intersection of law and secrecy. Matt holds degrees from the University of Toronto, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and McGill University, and is currently a fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo. He is the author of We Have Received a Complaint: The Fraught World of Workplace Justice and The Law of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in Canada. Matt lives in Toronto, Ontario.
