The United Nations is imposing the rule of law on cyberspace with a new global deal requiring a crackdown on the illegal misuse of computer technology.
Find Insider Deals for items perfect around the house and on the goFILE - The symbol of the United Nations is displayed on the main gate outside UN headquarters, Feb. 24, 2022, in New York. is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around the world violate human rights by probing electronic communications and bypassing privacy safeguards.Convention against Cybercrime on Thursday afternoon at a special committee meeting that capped months of complicated negotiations.
“We sought to find — to achieve — a balance, and we felt that we got to a balance between authorities for law enforcement and human rights,” the official said. “The deal allows two countries to cooperate on any serious crime with a tech link,” said Nick Ashton-Hart, spokesman for the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a group of 158 technology companies.
The text of the 39-page U.N. convention opens with a portrait of a world in which communications technology can amplify the scale, speed and scope of “terrorism and transnational organized crime,” including trafficking weapons, arms, people and illicit goods. It calls for “a global criminal justice policy aimed at the protection of society against cybercrime.”
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