Spyware isn\u2019t just a privacy issue \u2014 it\u2019s a threat to the very foundations of our democratic values. By undermining independent decision-making, restricting public debate, and silencing journalists and activists, spyware erodes the pillars of a healthy civic space.<\/p>\n
As new European Union institutions prepare to take office following the EU elections, the growing threat of spyware has become a pressing global concern that demands immediate attention.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday 3\/9, Homo Digitalis joined Center for Democracy and Technology Europe (CDT Europe)<\/a><\/strong>, alongside 30 civil society and journalists’ organisations in publishing a joint statement urging the incoming EU institutions to prioritise action against the misuse of spyware in the new legislative term.<\/p>\n Some of our coalition\u2019s key recommendations include:<\/p>\n As Silvia Lorenzo Perez, Director of CDT Europe\u2019s Security, Surveillance & Human Rights Programme, puts it: “The incoming EU institutions have the opportunity to correct the failures of the last legislature by taking concrete and decisive action against the abuse of spyware surveillance.”<\/p>\n The new EU institutions must seize this moment to restore public trust, protect our fundamental rights, and uphold the values that define the Union.<\/p>\n You can read the EN<\/strong> version of the letter here<\/a><\/strong>, and the EL<\/strong> version of the letter here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n