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Kate Robertson on the Risks That Lie Behind Canada’s Unexpected Signing of the UN Cybercrime Convention

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Feed Name: The Citizen Lab

Date Published: 2026-07-31

Date Updated: 2026-07-31

Author: Anna Mackay

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This piece reports Kate Robertson's criticism of Canada signing the UN Convention against Cybercrime, arguing the treaty enables cross-border surveillance and secretive data-sharing that could legalize laundering of spyware-derived data and increase abuse of cybercrime laws against journalists, whistleblowers, and security researchers, posing risks to human rights and internet freedom.

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