EU Moves To End Surveillance Tech Sales To Repressive Regimes

superglaze writes "The European Union is asking companies that sell surveillance and law enforcement tech to repressive regimes to stop doing so. The EU is not taking concrete action yet, but has warned that sanctions may be applicable. All this comes little more than a week after Wikileaks published the Spy Files, a name-and-shame list of the companies offering tools for mass surveillance and interception to despotic regimes, but also to Western governments."

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Fuck Sweden!

[migla]

The "conservative" government of Swedens wants Ericsson to make lots of money selling mobile networks to Syria:

http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=8116

http://www.thelocal.se/37720/20111203/

PEN club is diappoint:

http://www.pen-international.org/12/2011/ericsson-in-syria-statement-from-swedish-pen/

Fuck you, Swedish government.