Discussion

• @maria_shagina Maria Shagina on x

  Following US and now UK suit, the EU is set to give export controls a much more central stage in economic statecraft. With stricter due diligence obligations for cyber- survellience technology, new rules would strengthen the EU's nascent cyber & human rights sanctions regimes. ht…

• @hoanssolo Franz-Stefan Gady on x

  Don't think this is realistic but a good aspiration nonetheless: “In addition to ensuring that military uses of cybertechnology receive sufficient oversight, governments must cut the close ties between the private sector and intelligence agencies.” https://www.foreignaffairs.com/…

• @politicoeurope @politicoeurope on x

  Europe plans to drop the hammer on surveillance software exports. https://www.politico.eu/...

• @ialbrycht Izabela Albrycht on x

  🇪🇺countries “need to make sure that authoritarian regimes such as China or Russia are not simply given the newest tech for our short term profit” - @MarketkaG. Looks like the first step to control the export of sensitive tech from Europe #Geopolitics #Technology https://twitter.c…

• @rebeccaarcesati Rebecca Arcesati on x

  Huge👇 Negotiations of tougher EU export controls on cyber surveillance tech finally nearing completion! Integrating trade, tech and human rights policies is a crucial step in Europe's China policy. https://twitter.com/...

• @ulrichspeck Ulrich Speck on x

  However: „much of the legal power to stop exports of surveillance and spyware goods would remain with national governments, creating potential loopholes for companies to continue with shady export". https://twitter.com/...

• @laurenscerulus Laurens Cerulus on x

  Europe is ready to beef up its export controls — an instrument favored by the U.S. administration to pummel Huawei and other Chinese tech. Story 👇🏻 https://www.politico.eu/...

• @foreignaffairs @foreignaffairs on x

  What should democratic governments be doing to tame the lawlessness in cyberspace? https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ...

• @martijnrasser Martijn Rasser on x

  Important development. “For the EU to be a global player and to continue to set values-based rules for trade and technology this legislation was an important test” @MarietjeSchaake https://twitter.com/...

• @lorenzofb Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on x

  Having written a near infinite amount of stories about European companies selling surveillance and hacking tech to repressive regimes I am very skeptical of this. Nonetheless, this is bad news for FinFisher, AREA, and co. https://www.politico.eu/...

• @politicoeurope @politicoeurope on x

  The EU is finalizing a plan to toughen export controls on technologies used for espionage and surveillance outside the bloc. https://www.politico.eu/...

• @beavaugrante Batrice Vaugrante on x

  Powerful article by ⁦@MarietjeSchaake⁩ on #Cybersecurity Threats “To do that, governments must recognize that the private sector wields outsize power in the digital world. Democratic states have ceded too much ground to corporations.” https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ...

• @dickensolewe Dickens Olewe on x

  “When democratic countries fail to curb the sale of aggressive hacking systems by companies within their own borders to illiberal governments, they are undermining the worthy ambitions of their foreign policies.” via @MarietjeSchaake https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ...

• @foreignaffairs @foreignaffairs on x

  For centuries, states enjoyed a monopoly on the use of force, but that monopoly has slipped out of their grasp as battles move into cyberspace. @MarietjeSchaake argues that democratic governments must step up to bring order to the digital world: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ..…

• @foreignaffairs @foreignaffairs on x

  “Governments face a steep learning curve in understanding conflict and risk in the digital domain, but it's well past time that they take a more concerted approach to taming this lawless realm.” https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ...

• @marietjeschaake Marietje Schaake on x

  New in ⁦@ForeignAffairs⁩ my essay on how democratic governments can increase their role in shoring up accountability in the digital world ↘️ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ...