Over the next two weeks, a group of nations is trying to answer one of the most basic questions in cybersecurity: What exactly is considered cybercrime?
A United Nations committee — whose members include delegates from the U.S., China and Russia —The finished UN cybercrime treaty will jumpstart a wave of new laws around the world based on the agreed-upon principles in the document.Unlike past meetings, where members mostly shared answers to previously determined discussion questions, this latest meeting features a rough negotiating treaty draft up for debate.includes most of the provisions requested by each member nation, including the U.S.
At the latest meeting, member nations will focus solely on the provisions about what actions should be criminalized and the law enforcement mechanisms surrounding them.Right now, the document defines it as "the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes," prompting provisions on everything from the proliferation of child sexual abuse materials to online posts inciting political revolts or terrorist activities.
But human rights and civil society groups argue the definition should be limited solely to crimes that target another computer or internet-enabled device, such as data breaches and other hacks.it plans to push for a "narrowly focused criminal justice instrument" in the treaty.
The groups are pushing the UN panel to add more protections from prosecution for reporters, researchers and whistleblowers, and to place limits on the investigative powers laid out in the treaty.Meanwhile, Russian state and criminal hackers have been behind some of the most prolific cyberattacks in recent years, including the
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