Civil liberties groups call for EU-wide ban on spyware

An association of civil liberties and human rights organizations across Europe has called for a European parliamentary inquiry to recommend that spyware is banned throughout the EU.

The European Digital Rights (EDRi) association on Tuesday called for the European Parliament committee investigating spyware to amend its recommendations around the technology, focusing on an outright end to its use rather than reforming the governance systems to ensure it doesn’t abuse human rights. 

“No safeguard can mitigate the human rights violations [spyware …

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