Netherlands to hold referendum on new surveillance law AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will hold a referendum on legislation giving law enforcement authorities far-reaching surveillance powers, the Dutch Voting Commission said on Wednesday.  A range of activists, politicians and media groups want to overturn the  tapping law , which was passed by parliament in July and allows agencies to gather data covertly from large groups of people at once.  Dutch law obliges the government to hold a non-binding referendum if a petition with at least 300,000 signatures is submitted to the Voting Commission.  The agency said it had received more than 384,000 valid signatures and that the referendum would be held on March 21 together with municipal elections.  Opponents argue that innocent civilians will be dragged into the sights of intelligence agencies, while the government says the powers are needed to counter national security threats.  The referendum law is itself controversial and may be repealed by the newly appointed right-of-centre government under Prime Minister Mark Rutte.  After it was passed in 2015, a referendum was used to block the Dutch government from ratifying an economic treaty it and other European Union countries had negotiated with Ukraine.  A large  no  vote on the referendum embarrassed The Hague and forced Rutte to seek minor amendments to the treaty with the other EU states, eventually leading to the Dutch ratifying it.  It later emerged that the signatures to hold the Ukraine referendum were gathered via the internet and never vetted.  worldnews
netherlands hold referendum new surveillance law amsterdam reuters the netherlands hold referendum legislation giving law enforcement authorities surveillance powers dutch voting commission said wednesday a range activists politicians media groups want overturn tapping law passed parliament july allows agencies gather data covertly large groups people dutch law obliged government hold referendum petition least signatures submitted voting commission the agency said received valid signatures referendum would held march together municipal elections opponents argue innocent civilians dragged sights intelligence agencies government says powers needed counter national security threats the referendum law controversial may repealed newly appointed government prime minister mark tutte after passed referendum used block dutch government satisfying economic treaty european union countries negotiated ukraine a large vote referendum embarrassed the vague forced tutte seek minor amendments treaty eu states eventually leading dutch satisfying it later emerged signatures hold ukraine referendum gathered via internet never vetted worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Netherlands to hold referendum on new surveillance law AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will hold a referendum on legislation giving law enforcement authorities far-reaching surveillance powers, the Dutch Voting Commission said on Wednesday.  A range of activists, politicians and media groups want to overturn the  tapping law , which was passed by parliament in July and allows agencies to gather data covertly from large groups of people at once.  Dutch law obliges the government to hold a non-binding referendum if a petition with at least 300,000 signatures is submitted to the Voting Commission.  The agency said it had received more than 384,000 valid signatures and that the referendum would be held on March 21 together with municipal elections.  Opponents argue that innocent civilians will be dragged into the sights of intelligence agencies, while the government says the powers are needed to counter national security threats.  The referendum law is itself controversial and may be repealed by the newly appointed right-of-centre government under Prime Minister Mark Rutte.  After it was passed in 2015, a referendum was used to block the Dutch government from ratifying an economic treaty it and other European Union countries had negotiated with Ukraine.  A large  no  vote on the referendum embarrassed The Hague and forced Rutte to seek minor amendments to the treaty with the other EU states, eventually leading to the Dutch ratifying it.  It later emerged that the signatures to hold the Ukraine referendum were gathered via the internet and never vetted.  worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: netherlands hold referendum new surveillance law amsterdam reuters the netherlands hold referendum legislation giving law enforcement authorities surveillance powers dutch voting commission said wednesday a range activists politicians media groups want overturn tapping law passed parliament july allows agencies gather data covertly large groups people dutch law obliged government hold referendum petition least signatures submitted voting commission the agency said received valid signatures referendum would held march together municipal elections opponents argue innocent civilians dragged sights intelligence agencies government says powers needed counter national security threats the referendum law controversial may repealed newly appointed government prime minister mark tutte after passed referendum used block dutch government satisfying economic treaty european union countries negotiated ukraine a large vote referendum embarrassed the vague forced tutte seek minor amendments treaty eu states eventually leading dutch satisfying it later emerged signatures hold ukraine referendum gathered via internet never vetted worldnews