Dual Use: Pressekonferenz mit Klaus Buchner und Bernd Lange zu schärferen Exportkontrollen live

In order to prevent authoritarian regimes from spying on their own citizens, an extension of EU export controls on cyber-surveillance tools, such as devices to intercept mobile phones, hack into computers, circumvent passwords or identify internet users, possibly used for human rights violations, is up for a vote on Wednesday. MEPs will set the Parliament’s negotiating mandate and want to strengthen the protection of human rights and create a “future-proof” system that can rapidly deal with new technologies.