US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
US declines to join more than 70 countries in signing UN cybercrime treaty
More than 70 countries signed the landmark UN Convention against Cybercrime in Hanoi this weekend, a significant step in the yearslong effort to create a global mechanism to counteract digital crime.
Human rights groups warned on Friday that it effectively forces member states to create a broad electronic surveillance dragnet that would include crimes that have nothing to do with technology.
Many expressed concern that the convention will be abused by dictatorships and rogue governments who will deploy it against critics or protesters — even those outside of a regime’s jurisdiction.
Oh how unfortunate, im sure that was not part of the plan from the beginning... /s