UN anti-cybercrime treaty could make journalism a crime ...Middle East

In August, a little-known United Nations committee of 15 countries, formed at Russia’s urging, gathered in New York City to finish drafting the text of the first U.N. treaty on cybercrime. The treaty ostensibly strengthens the fight against ransomware schemes, data theft, cyber terrorism, and the like. But in its current form, the treaty would also enable authoritarians around the globe to criminalize journalism. That draft treaty, the “United Nations Convention against Cybercrime,” is now up for consideration and potential ratification by the General Assembly by the end of 2024. Critics argue that the vagueness of the treaty’s language, along with its deference to national laws —

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