How U.S. Surveillance Helps Repressive Regimes — the Ethiopia Case

High time for the US administration and Congress to reckon with the human rights abuses of the Ethiopian government, and how the sharing of national security technologies is enabling the regime. BY FELIX HORNE | JUST SECURITY Recent stories from Edward Snowden’s disclosures show how the US government’s involvement with Ethiopia presents a case study […]

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Why is World’s Leading Foreign Aid Recipient Spending Millions on Internet Hacking?

By Fikrejesus Amahazion (PhD) LAST week, a large trove of emails was released showing how the Italian surveillance firm Hacking Team sold surveillance technology to governments around the world. The technology allows governments to infect smartphones and computers with malware to covertly record conversations and steal data. Amongst the numerous governments implicated was Ethiopia, with […]

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