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The Perils of Privatized Cyberwarfare
Privatized cyberwar will complicate oversight, create counterintelligence risks, fuel arms races and insecurity, and put civilians at risk.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-perils-of-privatized-cyberwarfare
Thanks for the profile of the work of the Citizen Lab, Benjamin Breitegger and JETZT
Francesca Albanese's family recently won a case against punitive US sanctions, but a US appeal has put the sanctions back in place.
Albanese says the sanctioning “equates to a civil death. She is unable to access her bank accounts & savings or continue her work as a lecturer."
#USPol #USSanctions #EUPol #FrancescaAlbanese #news #palestine .
New @citizenlab report out today that details plans for Iran's far-reaching mobile surveillance system
Including details on firms from the UK 🇬🇧 (Telinsol), Russia 🇷🇺 (Protei) and Canada 🇨🇦 (PortaOne) that undertook extensive negotiations to help build it. (There is some uncertainty about whether the agreements were finalized and lawyers for two of the firms said they pulled out).
It's a wild story. Read the details here: https://citizenlab.ca/2023/01/uncovering-irans-mobile-legal-intercept-system/
Citizen Lab examined a set of documents leaked to news outlet The Intercept that describe plans to develop and launch an Iranian mobile network, including subscriber management operations and services, and integration with a legal intercept solution. If implemented fully as envisioned, it would enable state authorities to directly monitor, intercept, redirect, degrade or deny all Iranians’ mobile communications, including those who are presently challenging the regime.
In this report, we describe how activists and dissidents living in Canada are impacted by digital transnational repression. We conclude that digital transnational repression has a serious impact on these communities, including their ability to undertake transnational advocacy work related to human rights. Yet, there is little support for victims who experience such targeting and policy efforts by the Canadian government to date have been insufficient.
Great investigation by ICIJ and Pro Publica
"Accused terror financiers, arms traffickers and drug runners among hundreds of rogue diplomats, global investigation reveals"
Another example of organized subversion of the international order by autocrats and gangsters
Great to see the European Parliament's PEGA Committee first draft out.
Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld has called out member states for lack of transparency, and gives a nod to the work of @citizenlab, @amnesty, and investigative journalists to uncover abuses and raise awareness.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/dutch-mep-says-spyware-a-grave-threat-to-democracy
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Noura Aljizawi