Press freedom can wait no longer for tighter spyware export controls

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on European Union member states, especially France, to do everything possible to reach a compromise at their next meeting on 9 January on regulating dual-use technology exports, including software that can be used to spy on journalists. Tighter controls could be delayed for years if no agreement is reached at this meeting. The outcome of more than two years of talks on limiting dual-use exports is now in jeopardy because France’s representatives are dragging their feet.

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