IPI welcomes U.S. blacklisting of NSO Group over Pegasus spyware abuses
Cenzolovka 06.11.2021
The IPI global network today welcomes the decision by the United States government to blacklist Israeli company NSO Group over the abuse of its spyware technology Pegasus to target journalists and others, and urged other democratic countries around the world to follow the Biden administration’s lead by sanctioning and regulating the technology.
On November 3, 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department added NSO to a federal blacklist which bars the private company from purchasing any type of American technology. It cited concerns over the abuse of the phone-hacking tool to “maliciously target” government officials, activists, journalists, academics and embassy workers around the world and concerns NSO was engaging in activities contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests. The high-profile
