I might be mistaken and I do not know the details, but this new treaty appears to be quite controversial.
Reportedly, it was initiated by dictatorships like Russia and China (both are close allies)!
The US government (via fool Anthony Blinken) of the senile, demented and corrupt 46th President released an ambiguous and dubious statement on 8/9/2024 regarding the adoption of this treaty:
"The United States welcomes the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime’s adoption of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime. The agreement expands the global fight against cybercrime, which is one of the most pervasive challenges of our time, affecting communities around the world. ...
The United States will continue to strongly condemn and work to combat the persistent human rights abuses that we see around the globe by governments who misuse and abuse cybercrime laws and other cyber-related statutes and tools to target human rights defenders, journalists, dissidents, and others."
"The treaty, called the Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, was first devised in 2019, with debates to determine its substance beginning in 2021. It is intended to provide a global legal framework to prevent and respond to cybercrimes. In a July statement before the treaty’s adoption, the U.S. and fellow members of the Freedom Online Coalition described it as an opportunity “to enhance cooperation on combatting and preventing cybercrime and collecting and sharing electronic evidence for serious crimes" but noted that the agreement could be misused as a tool for human rights violations and called for its scope to be more precisely defined. ..."
"Cybercrime is a multi-trillion-dollar business. Drugs and weapons are being bought on the “dark web”, fraudsters are fleecing members of the public in elaborate online scams, and terrorists are grooming supporters and recruiting fighters.
Recognizing the growing dangers of cybercrime, the UN has set about drafting a legally-binding international treaty to counter the threat. Five years later, negotiations are still ongoing, with parties unable to reach an acceptable consensus, and the latest meeting of the Committee members in February 2024 did not conclude with an agreed draft, with countries unable to agree on wording that would balance human rights safeguards with security concerns. ..."
New U.N. Cybercrime Treaty Could Threaten Human Rights "A recently adopted United Nations treaty could lead to invasive digital surveillance, human rights experts warn"
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