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Received today — 13 June 2026 ⏭

Dutch far-right party pays damages to court artist after changing image with AI

✇The Guardian - World news
By: Senay Boztas in Amsterdam
13 June 2026 at 05:00

Geert Wilders’ PVV altered sketch of jailed Syrian brothers to make them look more menacing

A Dutch court artist has received damages after an MP for the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) used one of her drawings without permission and manipulated it with AI to make the subjects look more menacing.

Petra Urban, a court artist for 19 years, was shocked to discover a drawing she had made last year of two Syrian brothers jailed for the murder of their sister had been reworked and used in a video on Instagram and Facebook by the party’s Noord-Brabant region.

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© Photograph: Petra Urban

© Photograph: Petra Urban

© Photograph: Petra Urban

Received — 10 June 2026 ⏭

Dutch Authorities Block $115 Million Deal by a U.S. Tech Company

✇NYT - Top Stories
By: Adam Satariano and Ana Swanson
9 June 2026 at 15:52
The Netherlands blocked a U.S. company from buying a Dutch firm that handles its national ID system, saying it would create a “threat to the public interest.”

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Willemijn Aerdts, the Dutch minister for the digital economy and sovereignty, spoke to the news media last month after blocking the acquisition of Solvinity, a Dutch tech company, by the U.S. firm Kyndryl.
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