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Meta details its approach to protecting and promoting human rights, but civil society groups say the company has failed to grapple with the human rights risks associated with its own business model

The failed sale of NSO Group to L3Harris raises concerns about who will own its surveillance technology, while Apple takes steps to hold surveillance firms accountable.

One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasus spyware to put human rights activists, political leaders, journalists and lawyers around […]

In April 2022 The New Yorker posted an article titled “How Democracies Spy on their Citizens” detailing how an iPhone 8 Plus phone owned by Jordi Solé, a pro-independence member of the European Parliament, was hacked by an attacker using NSO’s Pegasus spyware. Other similar cases were published in 2021 and 2022 and today, Apple introduced Lockdown Mode coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac Operating Systems to address high-level spyware.

Apple’s Lockdown Mode offers an extreme level of security for users who might be personally targeted by some of the most sophisticated digital threats for being who they are or for what they do.

The company is introducing Lockdown Mode to protect high-risk individuals against corrosive surveillance and attacks, and investing millions to improve protection on its devices.

The lockdown feature, which comes amid a lawsuit filed by Apple against the prominent surveillance contractor after its software was used by several governments to monitor dissidents, could bring pushback from law enforcement.

Apple today detailed two initiatives to help protect users who may be personally targeted by sophisticated digital threats.

There’s no denying that India’s Muslims are a major target in the culture of hate being fomented across the country. It’s equally true, however, that Muslims are not alone in being hunted and hounded by an increasingly wilful right-wing state.

This year RightsCon, the flagship summit on human rights in the digital age, takes place from 6 June to 10 June. RightsCon brings together human rights experts, tech companies, government representatives and activists to discuss how we can build a rights-respecting digital future. Amnesty International colleagues are taking part throughout the week (all times CEST): Monday 6 […]