FDD urges U.S. to push back on UN cybercrime treaty, citing lack of protection for cyber research

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is asking the White House to oppose a controversial United Nations cybercrime treaty expected to be finalized this month, citing issues over a lack of protection for critical cyber research and vague definitions of cyber crime.

“While ostensibly intended to enhance international cooperation to address cybercrime, the treaty is actually a platform for authoritarian states to advance ideas about state control of the internet, rope democratic governments into complicity with repression, and weaken key...