I’m not sure why you think that is a scandal; isn’t it a good thing that civil servants and members of the government are supposed to use government-controlled

I’m not sure why you think that is a scandal; isn’t it a good thing that civil servants and members of the government are supposed to use government-controlled communications channels with proper access control, encryption, and retention in place? Why should they rely on a third-Party, commercial provider, and why on earth is it a scandal that they are forbidden from doing so..?