Will the EU Give Companies Selling Spyware and Stalkerware a Free Pass?

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © Andrea Devia Nuño, Hero Studios Will European Union institutions allow corporations to spy on children online, enable abusers by allowing partners or family members to use stalker ware, or sell spyware to abusive governments to crackdown on human rights defenders? The answers hinge on how forthcoming EU legislation on corporate sustainability due diligence will define value chains. The proposed legislation is in the final phase of negotiations—trilogues—among the European Council, Parliament, and Commission. A company’s value chain doesn’t consist only of its production…

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