Amnesty urges moratorium on surveillance technology in Pegasus scandal | Malay Mail

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PARIS, July 24 — 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...

French President Emmanuel Macron, who was on the list of alleged targets, had to change his phone and number.

“Now, we urgently need greater regulation over the cyber surveillance industry, accountability for human rights violations and abuses, and greater oversight over this shadowy industry.” “The fact that world and other political leaders themselves may have come into the spyware technology’s crosshairs will hopefully serve as a long overdue wake-up call for them and states worldwide to step up and regulate this industry,” Callamard said.

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