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Six senators tell Biden administration UN cybercrime treaty must be changed

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Dissent

Suzanne Smalley reports:

The Biden administration must fix several provisions threatening human rights and cybersecurity in the United Nations cybercrime convention that is heading to the General Assembly for a vote, six Democratic senators said in a letter sent to administration officials Tuesday.

The letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Attorney General Merrick Garland and national security adviser Jake Sullivan expressed alarm over the finalized agreement’s treatment of privacy rights, freedom of expression, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence safety.

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, the letter said. Instead, the senators argued, the administration should work with allies for a more “rights-respecting approach.”

Read more at The Record.

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