Global cybercrime treaty could be ‘disastrous for human rights,’ NGOs warn

Human rights organizations are raising alarms about a United Nations cybercrime treaty being negotiated this week in New York, warning that the rules could expand the surveillance power of governments and give dictatorships further tools of repression. Delegates from across the U.N. descended on Manhattan this week for the final negotiation sessions of the treaty

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