Petition urges EU to ban spyware and cut funding to commercial surveillance industry
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Summary
A petition calling on the European Union to stop funding or investing in phone hacking technology and commercial spyware, particularly from Israeli companies and the broader spyware industry. The petition argues that public money should not support tools used to monitor journalists, activists, migrant-rights defenders, and ordinary citizens. It demands an EU ban on spyware, cutting all financial ties to the industry, and protecting people across Europe from unlawful digital surveillance.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWe call on the EU to stop funding or investing in phone hacking technology or spyware from both Israeli companies and the wider commercial spyware industry.
Public money must never be used to support tools that can monitor journalists, activists, migrant-rights defenders, or ordinary people through their own phones.
The EU must ban spyware, cut all financial ties to the industry behind it, and protect people across Europe and our communications from unlawful digital surveillance.
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