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A group of Civil society organizations, including @amnesty have raised concern over the growing number of harmful exports of surveillance technologies from EU countries to destinations where they may be used to violate rights.
.@EU_Commission must push member states to carry out meaningful human rights due diligence on surveillance exports, align Dual Use Regulation with the AI Act & stop exports of technologies prohibited in the EU and are found to be incompatible with human rights outside the bloc.
Export decisions must also consider the full human rights record of a destination country, including whether it has violated protest rights, targeted journalists & human rights defenders or discriminated against marginalized groups.
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Last year, @amnesty revealed technical evidence of spyware firms like Intellexa developing tools for zero-click infection through online ads.
We warned of a dangerous new threat to civil society. Now @citizenlab has caught devices at Al Jazeera being hacked via malicious ads. 🧵
Morocco’s surveillance machine is designed to spy, track, monitor & silence journalists & human rights defenders. New research by @Amnesty provides the most comprehensive picture to date of Morocco's surveillance system, including the notorious Pegasus spyware.
🚨 In a new @amnesty report, an ex-security agent exposes how Morocco’s surveillance system works, explaining how journalists & activists are targeted in operations designed to instill fear & ultimately silence & stop them from doing their work.
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Morocco has repeatedly denied using spyware to spy on its citizens but in this report @amnesty identifies the Direction Générale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST), as the entity responsible for the deployment of Pegasus spyware in the country.
If you are in New York for #UNGA, please do come to our side event with our partner @humanusofficial. We'll be discussing how to improve access to remedy for Big Tech harms in conflict-affected settings, and the lessons we need to take forward in the era of AI.
The UK & France must prioritize human rights as they lead the Pall Mall Process to develop Industry Guidelines on Commercial Cyber Intrusion Capabilities, including spyware to ensure these tools are not used to harm people, communities & institutions.
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Digital technologies are being used to gatekeep asylum systems.
"Asylum Is Unavailable," a new book by @StephenDamianos exposes how the Greek Asylum Service used a skype line between 2014 and 2022 as part of a digital push back against asylum seekers.
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Artificial intelligence dominated the news this week.
@amnesty is calling for an international, rights-based & multi-stakeholder regulatory framework, not one decided by just a few powerful states & companies.
States must pause all development & deployment of harmful AI tech.
The @EU_Commission has proposed in #SOTEU a social media ban for children under 13, “mini accounts” for 13- to 14-year-olds with limited features, a one-hour time limit & an obligation for tech platforms to provide 15 to 18 year-olds with safe-by-design accounts.
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ALT European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gestures as she delivers a speech during her annual State of the Union address at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France on September 16, 2026. Credit @Getty Images
For example, in abusive family relationships, as well as potential discriminatory effects on children in the care of guardians other than their parents, practical concerns around some parents’ ability to take up this task & privacy risks associated with the added data trail.
.@EU_Commission must prioritise safety-by-design for all users as opposed to implementing age assurance methods which increase personal data collection when there are already concerns that technical solutions currently being tested do not sufficiently protect online privacy.