Council of Europe report calls use of Pegasus spyware by several countries potentially illegal

Several European states known to have acquired or deployed powerful foreign commercial surveillance tools have potentially used them illegally, according to a report released Friday by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The PACE's Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, which produced the report, asked at least 14 European Union countries

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