EU lawmakers back export control on spying tech

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EU lawmakers back export control on spying tech

Modernising rules for cyber surveillance.

EU lawmakers have overwhelmingly backed plans to control exports of devices that intercept mobile phone calls, hack computers, or circumvent passwords and could be used by foreign states to suppress political opponents or activists. Members of the European Parliament's trade committee voted by ...

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