Mayor Potters thinks that a “limited minor legal adjustment” to the Municipal Act is sufficient. Those who call on the street to riot can already be subject to an area ban, but those who do so online cannot yet. Dijksma tried that in 2021 in the run-up to a demonstration against corona measures in Utrecht, but was later dismissed by the administrative court. The online restraining order imposed on a 17-year-old boy from Zeist was in violation of the constitution.
Mayors ask parliament for more powers in the fight against digital rioters
