Theatercollege met Huib Modderkolk - In de digitale loopgraven
Haagsch College
Digital warfare does not take place in a distant location, but right in the middle of our own society. In this lecture, Huib Modderkolk shows how states and tech companies compete for data, influence and power, often without us even noticing.
The invisible front of digital war
- Date
- September 21, 2026
- Duration
- 105 min, no interval
- Genre
- Perspective
- Taal
- Dutch
What do you need to know about Russian hackers and Chinese spies? And how do American tech companies threaten Dutch democracy? In this gripping theatre lecture, investigative journalist Huib Modderkolk takes you to the front lines of digital warfare.
He shows how Russia systematically attempts to infiltrate critical infrastructure and undermine democratic processes through influence operations and data theft. At the same time, a less visible but equally impactful strategy unfolds from China, which gains access to sensitive systems through quiet and complex routes.
On top of that stands the power of American tech companies and an increasingly unpredictable geopolitical context, raising the question of where influence begins and ends.
Modderkolk makes this invisible struggle tangible and shows how intelligence services respond to threats that largely escape view, but are very real.
Credits
text and presentation
Huib Modderkolk
production
Haagsch College
