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Six senators tell Biden administration UN cybercrime treaty must be changed
The United States “must not align itself with repressive regimes by supporting a Convention that undermines human rights and U.S. interests” under the guise of improving cybersecurity, six Democrats said in a letter to top federal officials.
“We fear the Convention will legitimize efforts by authoritarian countries like Russia and China to censor and surveil internet users, furthering repression and human rights abuses around the world,” the senators wrote. Cybersecurity is also threatened by the treaty because the convention’s provisions mandate that countries make it a crime to access computer systems without permission, but do not create exceptions protecting security researchers and journalists who report on vulnerabilities, the letter said. “Without this important work, authoritarian regimes and non-state actors could find it easier to exploit vulnerabilities to breach sensitive data sets and spread malware, making internet users in the United States and around the world decidedly less safe,” the letter said.
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