“The U.N. cybercrime convention is a blank check for surveillance abuses,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told Scientific American. “It can and will be wielded as a tool for systemic rights violations.”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/0724--un-cybercrime/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/0724--un-cybercrime/
New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights
A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warnKate Graham-Shaw (Scientific American)
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in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation • • •jfc, what a nightmare. #Authoritarian #governments, #MAGA types and #dictators will love this:
“This expansive definition effectively means that when governments pass domestic laws that criminalize a broad range of conducts, if it’s committed through an ICT (#information and #communication #technology] system, they can point to this #treaty to justify the enforcement of repressive laws,” said HRW executive director Tirana Hassan in a #news briefing late last month.