{"id":196636,"date":"2026-03-10T12:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=196636"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:20:19","slug":"tu-delft-gaf-naam-van-columnist-aan-politie-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/10\/tu-delft-gaf-naam-van-columnist-aan-politie-door\/","title":{"rendered":"TU Delft passed columnist&#8217;s name to police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">A lecturer at TU Delft wrote columns about climate protest in 2022. Because of that his name ended up on a list of activists that TU Delft passed to the police in 2024, university paper Delta reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/22134222\/EWI_TUDelft.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/22134222\/EWI_TUDelft.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139121 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/22134222\/EWI_TUDelft-875x473.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139121 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/22134222\/EWI_TUDelft-1280x692.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139121 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/22134222\/EWI_TUDelft-300x162.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139121 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p>TU Delft<\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:EWI_TUDelft.jpg\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">TheSpeedX<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why don&#8217;t students glue themselves to the campus to protest the influence of the fossil fuel industry on TU Delft? Why don&#8217;t they smear a statue? Delft lecturer Bob van Vliet asked these questions aloud in 2022. He discussed them with students and wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/delta.tudelft.nl\/article\/column-klimaatvandalisme\">a column<\/a> for the university paper Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of that column the university&#8217;s security service passed his name to the police. That happened two years after the column appeared, ahead of a demonstration in 2024 that the police considered &#8216;risky&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Vliet was not involved in the demonstration in question. It is, however, known that he is a climate activist, <a href=\"https:\/\/delta.tudelft.nl\/article\/columns-in-delta-waren-reden-voor-tu-om-naam-columnist-aan-politie-te-geven\">Delta writes<\/a>. Earlier he had taken part in protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university also shared the names of four student activists with the police, <a href=\"https:\/\/delta.tudelft.nl\/article\/tu-deelt-namen-van-studenten-en-medewerkers-met-politie-amnesty-is-kritisch\">it emerged<\/a> earlier from Delta&#8217;s digging. The Dutch Data Protection Authority <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2026\/02\/19\/tu-delft-deelt-namen-demonstranten-met-politie-ap-vraagt-opheldering\/\">asked<\/a> TU Delft for clarification and last week the university acknowledged that it was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalists&#8217; union NVJ, human rights organisation Amnesty International and the Association of Higher Education Media warn of a <em>chilling effect:<\/em> if columns or demonstrations attract police attention, that could discourage participation in public debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/EWI_TUDelft-875x473-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1772615578\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/EWI_TUDelft-875x473-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1772615578 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/EWI_TUDelft-875x473-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1772615578 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/EWI_TUDelft-875x473-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1772615578 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/tu-delft-erkent-fout-bij-delen-namen-actievoerders\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tTU Delft admits error in sharing names of activists\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-03-04\">4 March 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPrivacy\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323 410w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo-300x300.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/hoger-onderwijs-persbureau\/\" class=\"absolute-link font-tiempos-headline underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2 text-lg text-current\">Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lecturer at TU Delft wrote columns about climate protest in 2022. 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