An Israeli company has sold military-grade surveillance spyware to governments using it to spy on business executives, human rights activists, journalists, politicians, and government officials.
The Washington Post has run an investigative series, called the Pegasus Project, that describes the expanded use of digital surveillance by governments worldwide.
Biden’s upcoming Summit for Democracy represents an excellent opportunity to convince taking part countries, including the United States, to commit to not deploying or exporting spyware except under narrow, exceptional, and proportional circumstances.