Citizen initiative on digital security advances to Parliament with 50,000 signatures, citing election and critical data concerns

A citizen initiative advocating for stricter regulations on the security of critical digital services has reached the Finnish Parliament after gathering 50,000 statements of support. MTV Uutiset and Yle report that the proposal, titled "Digital Sovereignty", seeks to ensure that essential digital infrastructure is built and managed by Finnish or European operators, with a particular emphasis on safeguarding election data and other sensitive public administration information.