EU tightens rules on surveillance tech, forcing companies selling spyware, facial recognition, and tech with military uses to get a license, be more transparent
The goal is to make sales of technologies like spyware and facial recognition more transparent in Europe first, and then worldwide.
More than nothing, after over 4 years of work the EU updates its export controls rules on technology that can be used to violate human rights. Not the standard we set out for in Europ. Parliament but a step in a better direction (Member State govts again failing on hamonizing) ↘️…