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Submission to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries

ID: 57b60891-2485-5e9d-a1a2-076bcf32b1e9

STIX ID: report--57b60891-2485-5e9d-a1a2-076bcf32b1e9

Feed Name: The Citizen Lab

Date Published: 2026-04-08

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Anna Mackay

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The Citizen Lab submitted recommendations to the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries urging states to stop outsourcing digital operations to private companies. The note argues that weak accountability in privatized security enables the spread of mercenary spyware, risking democratic backsliding, human rights abuses, and entrenched impunity.

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