Published 3 years ago

Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal

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NSO Group's Pegasus software is able to switch on a phone's camera or microphone and harvest its data. List of about 50,000 potential surveillance targets was leaked to rights groups. Amnesty calls for an immediate moratorium on any export, sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology.

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Times of India

Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal

"Not only does it expose the risk and harm to those individuals unlawfully targeted, but also the extremely destabilising consequences on global human rights and the security of the digital environment at large," Agnes Callamard, Amnesty's Secretary General, said in the statement.

3 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Hindu

Amnesty seeks moratorium on surveillance tech

In a statement on Friday, the NGO warned of “the devastating impact of the poorly regulated spyware industry on human rights worldwide.”

3 years ago·India

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Channel News Asia

Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal

PARIS: Allegations that governments used phone malware supplied by an Israeli firm to spy on journalists, activists and heads of state have "exposed a global human rights crisis," Amnesty International said, asking for a moratorium on the sale and use of surveillance technology. In a Friday ...

3 years ago·Singapore

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IBTimes

Amnesty Urges Moratorium On Surveillance Technology In Pegasus Scandal

Allegations that governments used phone malware supplied by an Israeli firm to spy on journalists, activists and heads of state have "exposed a global human rights crisis," Amnesty International said, asking for a moratorium on the sale and use of surveillance technology. In a Friday statement, the NGO warned of "the devastating impact of the poorly regulated spyware industry on human rights worldwide."

3 years ago·United States

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