The U.S. will support an international cybercrimes treaty that a broad coalition of businesses and human rights groups have warned will weaken global cybersecurity and make it easier for authoritarian regimes to spy on and prosecute their citizens. Broadly, the new convention encourages signatories to collect more data about potential cybercrimes, share data about suspects with each other, and make it easier to extradite criminals and seize the proceeds of their crimes.
The U.S. will support an international cybercrimes treaty that a broad coalition of businesses and human rights groups have warned will weaken global cybersecurity and make it easier for authoritarian regimes to spy on and prosecute their citizens. Broadly, the new convention encourages signatories to collect more data about potential cybercrimes, share data about suspects with each other, and make it easier to extradite criminals and seize the proceeds of their crimes.