Submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries
The Citizen Lab submitted recommendations to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries calling for states to stop relying on the private sector for digital operations. The authors note that because accountability mechanisms are lacking, the increasing privatization of state security has opened space for mercenary spyware to proliferate.
They warn that this pattern could lead to democratic backsliding, human rights abuses, and the entrenchment of impunity.
