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New Report Shows Phone Cracking Tech is Being Used to Target Journalists in Botswana Share Photo: David Ramos, Getty Images The willingness of digital forensics firms to sell to pretty much any paying law enforcement agency, regardless of the country’s human rights record, has stirred up no minor amount of controversy. These tools, critics say, allow bad governments expansive, invasive powers, and may be used in the course of investigations that illegitimately target activists or journalists....

Dikologang, the digital editor and co-founder of the Botswana People’s Daily News website, and two others still face jail time in relation ...

By Raghbendra Jha Edmund Burke called the press the fourth estate, the fourth pillar of democracy, with an oversight role on the remaining three pillars – the legislature, executive and the judiciary. In an ideal world, this fourth estate would have unimpeded access to the other three pillars so that the citizenry could be kept informed at all times. This freedom was conceived to be so sacrosanct that many countries have included it as a fundamental right, e.g., the US Constitution enshrine...

By Jonathan Rozen Spyware’s repeated use to target journalists and those close to them poses an existential threat to the privacy required for press freedom to flourish. Without the ability to privately communicate with sources, conduct research, and compile information, journalists are hampered in their ability to keep the public informed and hold the powerful to account. By Jonathan Rozen In May 2019, senior members of Ghana’s law enforcement posed for photos with the U.S. ambassado...