US lawmakers seek sanctions against Israeli spyware firm NSO and three other foreign surveillance companies, saying they help authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses
A group of US lawmakers has asked the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses.
The letter was signed by the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and 16 other Democratic lawmakers. "Trovicor's products are not 'spyware' and are designed to be used for targeted investigations against identified individuals ," it wrote.The letter says the companies facilitated the "disappearance, torture and murder of human rights activists and journalists."
"Predictably, those nations used surveillance tools to lock up, torture and murder reporters and human rights advocates. The Biden administration has the chance to turn off the spigot of American dollars and help put them out of business for good."Possible further actions
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