With the final negotiating session to approve the UN Cybercrime Treaty just days away, EFF and 21 international civil society organizations today urgently called on delegates from EU states and the European Commission to push back on the draft convention’s many flaws, from the excessively broad scope that will criminalize legitimate online expression to international cooperation provisions that can undermine the EU’s strong data protection framework. The time is now to demand changes in the text to narrow the treaty’s scope, limit surveillance powers, and spell out data protection principles.

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation