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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12846

4 December 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Home affairs
86 NGOs call on Commission to take action against Pegasus spyware
Brussels, 03/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 2 December, 86 NGOs wrote to High Representative Josep Borrell and EU foreign ministers about the Israeli spyware Pegasus, which, according to a collective survey published over the summer, is used by some Member States, such as Hungary, to spy on journalists (see EUROPE B12765A8).

The letter, supported by Human Rights Watch, asks the Commission to sanction the company NSO Group, which created the software, and to ban its sale and use. On 3 December, the US added the company to...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EXTERNAL ACTION
BREACHES OF EU LAW
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS
CALENDAR(S)