The finalized Cybercrime Convention allows for broad definitions of cybercrime and surveillance without strong safeguards for individual users, risking good-faith cybersecurity research.
The U.S. must not align itself with repressive regimes that have carried out digitally-enabled human rights abuses, raising concerns about privacy and censorship.
Countries must adopt laws that allow authorities to demand access to or data from individuals, risking erosion of encrypted communications and jurisdiction over standards.
In Iran, the absence of such requirements could legally support the regime’s extensive surveillance of women and girls, highlighting the treaty's potential abuses.
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