UN takes new step towards international cybercrime treaty

By Agence France-Presse

May 27, 2021 1:26 pm

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly adopted Wednesday by consensus a resolution proposed by Russia to draft a treaty against cybercrime by 2023, an initiative viewed with suspicion by Western nations who fear it could restrict free expression.

Called 'Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes,' the resolution - co-drafted with Equatorial Guinea - focuses on the work of a special committee launched in 2019.

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