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Speaking to the Council of Europe, Julian Assange today highlighted the risk of European Arrest Warrants – a mechanism meant to target terrorism first used by Sweden to pursue a person for a traffic violation. A law that is targeted at minorities will soon be used against all.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is one of those laws that pose an immense danger to civil society, allowing any UN member state to obtain information on individuals from other UN member states under the guise of fighting cybercrime.
For your financial information, this means that any UN member country may request information on you overruling bank secrecy protections, so long the crime you are accused of is a also deemed a crime in the country requested to hand over your financial data.
Today, the convention is meant to be used to prosecute cybercriminals. Tomorrow, Israel may request the bank records of European citizens speaking out against its genocide.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is a threat to democracy and the supposed rule of law.
https://www.therage.co/un-cybercrime-convention-bank-secrecy/
The UN Cybercrime Convention is one of those laws that pose an immense danger to civil society, allowing any UN member state to obtain information on individuals from other UN member states under the guise of fighting cybercrime.
For your financial information, this means that any UN member country may request information on you overruling bank secrecy protections, so long the crime you are accused of is a also deemed a crime in the country requested to hand over your financial data.
Today, the convention is meant to be used to prosecute cybercriminals. Tomorrow, Israel may request the bank records of European citizens speaking out against its genocide.
The UN Cybercrime Convention is a threat to democracy and the supposed rule of law.
https://www.therage.co/un-cybercrime-convention-bank-secrecy/