Jonathan Rozen
@jonathanrozen.bsky.social
Deputy Director of Research and Analysis at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (2025-26).
Views expressed here are my own.
https://www.rozenjonathan.com/
Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (2025-26).
Views expressed here are my own.
https://www.rozenjonathan.com/
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Jonathan Rozen
@jonathanrozen.bsky.social
· Aug 31
How mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction Journalist Nicolas Baudoux didn’t pay anything to find out where his colleague at L’Echo newspaper in Belgium had been. The locations came free from a data broker based in the U.S. The br...
cpj.org
“A surveillance apparatus like this is truly unprecedented."
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
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The 2027 Tech Policy Press Fellowship application is live! We’re seeking journalists, policy professionals, and researchers to pursue independent reporting and analysis on issues at the intersection of technology and democracy.
Call for Applications: 2027 Tech Policy Press Fellowship Program
2027 Tech Policy Press fellowship applications are due on September 24, 2026.
www.techpolicy.press
September 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The 2027 Tech Policy Press Fellowship application is live! We’re seeking journalists, policy professionals, and researchers to pursue independent reporting and analysis on issues at the intersection of technology and democracy.
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“A surveillance apparatus like this is truly unprecedented."
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
How mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction Journalist Nicolas Baudoux didn’t pay anything to find out where his colleague at L’Echo newspaper in Belgium had been. The locations came free from a data broker based in the U.S. The br...
cpj.org
August 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“A surveillance apparatus like this is truly unprecedented."
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
“A surveillance apparatus like this is truly unprecedented."
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
How mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction Journalist Nicolas Baudoux didn’t pay anything to find out where his colleague at L’Echo newspaper in Belgium had been. The locations came free from a data broker based in the U.S. The br...
cpj.org
August 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“A surveillance apparatus like this is truly unprecedented."
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
Here’s my latest on how mass surveillance from online advertising puts journalists at risk, published jointly by @pressfreedom.bsky.social and @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social:
cpj.org/special-repo...
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Since 2023, 25 Tech Policy Press fellows from 11 countries have helped advance a pro-democracy movement in tech and tech policy. We’re now accepting applications for our 2027 cohort. Learn more and apply by September 24!
Call for Applications: 2027 Tech Policy Press Fellowship Program
2027 Tech Policy Press fellowship applications are due on September 24, 2026.
www.techpolicy.press
August 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Since 2023, 25 Tech Policy Press fellows from 11 countries have helped advance a pro-democracy movement in tech and tech policy. We’re now accepting applications for our 2027 cohort. Learn more and apply by September 24!
Pegasus isn't the only spyware raising concerns about who can access data from targeted devices.
Here's my latest with the @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social on surveillance cases in Poland, Greece, Kenya, and Angola.
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Here's my latest with the @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social on surveillance cases in Poland, Greece, Kenya, and Angola.
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Spyware Cases in Europe and Africa Spotlight Privacy and Accountability
The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to encourage debate on important public policy challenges. February brought a flurry of surveillance news from Poland, Greece, Angola, and the U.S., highlighting issues of privacy and accountability.
www.hks.harvard.edu
March 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Pegasus isn't the only spyware raising concerns about who can access data from targeted devices.
Here's my latest with the @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social on surveillance cases in Poland, Greece, Kenya, and Angola.
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Here's my latest with the @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social on surveillance cases in Poland, Greece, Kenya, and Angola.
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
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Spyware has been used repeatedly against journalists and other members of civil society worldwide. New cases highlight risks of privacy and accountability.
More from @jonathanrozen.bsky.social, CPJ Africa Program Coordinator, for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
More from @jonathanrozen.bsky.social, CPJ Africa Program Coordinator, for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
March 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Spyware has been used repeatedly against journalists and other members of civil society worldwide. New cases highlight risks of privacy and accountability.
More from @jonathanrozen.bsky.social, CPJ Africa Program Coordinator, for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
More from @jonathanrozen.bsky.social, CPJ Africa Program Coordinator, for @harvard-carr-ryan.bsky.social ⤵️
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Legal troubles for Kenyan journalist Peter Maseke Mwita date back to December 31, 2025, when he was detained over information he shared in a WhatsApp group.
Muthoki Mumo reports with @pressfreedom.bsky.social on the chilling use of Kenya's cybercrime law:
cpj.org/2026/02/keny...
Muthoki Mumo reports with @pressfreedom.bsky.social on the chilling use of Kenya's cybercrime law:
cpj.org/2026/02/keny...
Kenya court due to rule on cybercrimes law as another journalist faces jail - Committee to Protect Journalists
Nairobi, February 26, 2026—Journalist Peter Maseke Mwita has a keener interest than most in Friday’s upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Kenya’s cybercrime law — legislation that could see him...
cpj.org
February 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Legal troubles for Kenyan journalist Peter Maseke Mwita date back to December 31, 2025, when he was detained over information he shared in a WhatsApp group.
Muthoki Mumo reports with @pressfreedom.bsky.social on the chilling use of Kenya's cybercrime law:
cpj.org/2026/02/keny...
Muthoki Mumo reports with @pressfreedom.bsky.social on the chilling use of Kenya's cybercrime law:
cpj.org/2026/02/keny...
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with Predator spyware, and he wants justice.
Here's my latest for @pressfreedom.bsky.social, reported with Geralda Embaló. @amnesty.org's Security Lab identified the forensic evidence.
cpj.org/2026/02/i-li...
Here's my latest for @pressfreedom.bsky.social, reported with Geralda Embaló. @amnesty.org's Security Lab identified the forensic evidence.
cpj.org/2026/02/i-li...
‘I literally felt naked’: Angolan journalist Teixeira Cândido targeted with Predator spyware - Committee to Protect Journalists
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with spyware, and he wants justice. “First and foremost, we must seek to find out who the entities are that have acquired ...
cpj.org
February 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Angolan journalist and lawyer Teixeira Cândido wants to know who targeted him with Predator spyware, and he wants justice.
Here's my latest for @pressfreedom.bsky.social, reported with Geralda Embaló. @amnesty.org's Security Lab identified the forensic evidence.
cpj.org/2026/02/i-li...
Here's my latest for @pressfreedom.bsky.social, reported with Geralda Embaló. @amnesty.org's Security Lab identified the forensic evidence.
cpj.org/2026/02/i-li...
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🚨 - New report by Haaretz, Inside Story, Inside-IT and Amnesty International release the Intellexa Leaks. Which exposes Intellexa support staff had access through Teamviewer to customer deployments and confirms found IOC's in the past by civil society. 🧵👇
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨 - New report by Haaretz, Inside Story, Inside-IT and Amnesty International release the Intellexa Leaks. Which exposes Intellexa support staff had access through Teamviewer to customer deployments and confirms found IOC's in the past by civil society. 🧵👇
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🚨 A huge leak exposes the new targets and internal operations of Intellexa, the secretive and murky company behind the notorious Predator spyware.
Introducing #IntellexaLeaks, a joint investigation with partners @insidestory.gr, @haaretzcom.bsky.social & WAV Research Collective 🧵👇
Introducing #IntellexaLeaks, a joint investigation with partners @insidestory.gr, @haaretzcom.bsky.social & WAV Research Collective 🧵👇
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🚨 A huge leak exposes the new targets and internal operations of Intellexa, the secretive and murky company behind the notorious Predator spyware.
Introducing #IntellexaLeaks, a joint investigation with partners @insidestory.gr, @haaretzcom.bsky.social & WAV Research Collective 🧵👇
Introducing #IntellexaLeaks, a joint investigation with partners @insidestory.gr, @haaretzcom.bsky.social & WAV Research Collective 🧵👇
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JOB OPPORTUNITY- open to candidates remote within the US: @techpolicypress.bsky.social seeks an Assistant Editor to manage audience and contributor engagement! More details here: jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY- open to candidates remote within the US: @techpolicypress.bsky.social seeks an Assistant Editor to manage audience and contributor engagement! More details here: jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
“Many of us changed the way we communicate via phones, not only with our sources, but with our families.”
This is how journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social described the harms from being targeted with spyware.
Epistemic rights help explain such attacks: www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
This is how journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social described the harms from being targeted with spyware.
Epistemic rights help explain such attacks: www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
Epistemic rights help explain attacks on the press
This concept can enhance investigations and connect concerns when journalists are targeted.
www.openglobalrights.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Many of us changed the way we communicate via phones, not only with our sources, but with our families.”
This is how journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social described the harms from being targeted with spyware.
Epistemic rights help explain such attacks: www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
This is how journalist @petizagavarrete.bsky.social described the harms from being targeted with spyware.
Epistemic rights help explain such attacks: www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
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CPJ’s Jonathan Rozen explores how epistemology, the study of theories of knowledge, can enhance investigations and connect concerns when journalists are targeted.
Read now on Open Global Rights 👇
Read now on Open Global Rights 👇
Epistemic rights help explain attacks on the press
This concept can enhance investigations and connect concerns when journalists are targeted.
www.openglobalrights.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
CPJ’s Jonathan Rozen explores how epistemology, the study of theories of knowledge, can enhance investigations and connect concerns when journalists are targeted.
Read now on Open Global Rights 👇
Read now on Open Global Rights 👇
#Sudan: Reports from the weekend indicated that as many as 11 journalists had gone missing in El-Fasher. As of October 30, CPJ had verified the whereabouts of three, who have fled the city. The others remain incommunicado amid ongoing hostilities and communications blackout.
cpj.org/2025/10/cpj-...
cpj.org/2025/10/cpj-...
CPJ calls for protection of journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher, immediate release of those abducted - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, October 30, 2025 — The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply alarmed by reports emerging from El-Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur state, which the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ...
cpj.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
#Sudan: Reports from the weekend indicated that as many as 11 journalists had gone missing in El-Fasher. As of October 30, CPJ had verified the whereabouts of three, who have fled the city. The others remain incommunicado amid ongoing hostilities and communications blackout.
cpj.org/2025/10/cpj-...
cpj.org/2025/10/cpj-...
What are epistemic rights?
My latest explores how this concept can enhance our ability to define, expose, and confront threats to press freedom and democracy.
www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
My latest explores how this concept can enhance our ability to define, expose, and confront threats to press freedom and democracy.
www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
Epistemic rights help explain attacks on the press
This concept can enhance investigations and connect concerns when journalists are targeted.
www.openglobalrights.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
What are epistemic rights?
My latest explores how this concept can enhance our ability to define, expose, and confront threats to press freedom and democracy.
www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
My latest explores how this concept can enhance our ability to define, expose, and confront threats to press freedom and democracy.
www.openglobalrights.org/epistemic-ri...
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Journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher are trapped under siege. They endure violence, hunger and relentless bombardment alongside the civilians they report on.
Read CPJ’s new investigation⤵️
cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...
Read CPJ’s new investigation⤵️
cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...
October 1, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Journalists in Sudan’s El-Fasher are trapped under siege. They endure violence, hunger and relentless bombardment alongside the civilians they report on.
Read CPJ’s new investigation⤵️
cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...
Read CPJ’s new investigation⤵️
cpj.org/2025/10/hunt...
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Will you be in Johannesburg Nov. 5? Join us📣 CPJ’s Africa Regional Director Angela Quintal will give opening remarks at the Wits Centre for Journalism and CPJ co-hosted lecture, “Drafted, Censored, Exiled: Journalism Under Siege in Post-Coup Burkina Faso.”
📩RSVP: [email protected]
📩RSVP: [email protected]
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Will you be in Johannesburg Nov. 5? Join us📣 CPJ’s Africa Regional Director Angela Quintal will give opening remarks at the Wits Centre for Journalism and CPJ co-hosted lecture, “Drafted, Censored, Exiled: Journalism Under Siege in Post-Coup Burkina Faso.”
📩RSVP: [email protected]
📩RSVP: [email protected]
Senegal has jailed at least three news commentators since April:
- Badara Gadiaga, arrested July 9
- Bachir Fofana, arrested June 25
- Abdou Nguer, arrested April 14
Read @pressfreedom.bsky.social's latest on these cases: cpj.org/2025/07/sene...
- Badara Gadiaga, arrested July 9
- Bachir Fofana, arrested June 25
- Abdou Nguer, arrested April 14
Read @pressfreedom.bsky.social's latest on these cases: cpj.org/2025/07/sene...
Senegalese commentator arrested, prime minister calls for media boycott - Committee to Protect Journalists
Dakar, July 14, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Senegalese authorities to release news commentator Badara Gadiaga, to cease arresting journalists, and to refrain from retaliating ag...
cpj.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Senegal has jailed at least three news commentators since April:
- Badara Gadiaga, arrested July 9
- Bachir Fofana, arrested June 25
- Abdou Nguer, arrested April 14
Read @pressfreedom.bsky.social's latest on these cases: cpj.org/2025/07/sene...
- Badara Gadiaga, arrested July 9
- Bachir Fofana, arrested June 25
- Abdou Nguer, arrested April 14
Read @pressfreedom.bsky.social's latest on these cases: cpj.org/2025/07/sene...
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CPJ’s Africa Regional Director Angela Quintal will be the keynote speaker at the 17th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture, “Surveillance, Safety and the Silencing of Truth," to discuss how shrinking press freedoms undermine the safety of journalists.
🗓️July 13 at 5 p.m. WAT
lectureseries.wscij.org
🗓️July 13 at 5 p.m. WAT
lectureseries.wscij.org
July 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
CPJ’s Africa Regional Director Angela Quintal will be the keynote speaker at the 17th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture, “Surveillance, Safety and the Silencing of Truth," to discuss how shrinking press freedoms undermine the safety of journalists.
🗓️July 13 at 5 p.m. WAT
lectureseries.wscij.org
🗓️July 13 at 5 p.m. WAT
lectureseries.wscij.org
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NEW @citizenlab.ca report confirms the targeting of two more journalist with #Paragon spyware in the context of 🇮🇹
Details here: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
@billmarczak.org @jsrailton.bsky.social
Details here: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
@billmarczak.org @jsrailton.bsky.social
Graphite Caught: First Forensic Confirmation of Paragon’s iOS Mercenary Spyware Finds Journalists Targeted - The Citizen Lab
We conducted a forensic analysis of devices belonging to two journalists who were notified by Apple that they were targeted with advanced spyware.
citizenlab.ca
June 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NEW @citizenlab.ca report confirms the targeting of two more journalist with #Paragon spyware in the context of 🇮🇹
Details here: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
@billmarczak.org @jsrailton.bsky.social
Details here: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/firs...
@billmarczak.org @jsrailton.bsky.social
This piece by @lhn.bsky.social points to an important issue.
Residential proxies are also being used to attack media sites as part of an “emerging censorship strategy that poses a serious transnational threat to press freedom”: cpj.org/2024/07/cybe...
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
Residential proxies are also being used to attack media sites as part of an “emerging censorship strategy that poses a serious transnational threat to press freedom”: cpj.org/2024/07/cybe...
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This piece by @lhn.bsky.social points to an important issue.
Residential proxies are also being used to attack media sites as part of an “emerging censorship strategy that poses a serious transnational threat to press freedom”: cpj.org/2024/07/cybe...
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
Residential proxies are also being used to attack media sites as part of an “emerging censorship strategy that poses a serious transnational threat to press freedom”: cpj.org/2024/07/cybe...
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
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CPJ calls on #Senegal to free journalist René Capain Bassène and investigate the mistreatment he’s experienced behind bars. He is serving a life sentence in prison for murder, a crime that witnesses told CPJ he couldn't have committed.
cpj.org?p=446557
📷 Family of René Capain Bassène
cpj.org?p=446557
📷 Family of René Capain Bassène
May 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CPJ calls on #Senegal to free journalist René Capain Bassène and investigate the mistreatment he’s experienced behind bars. He is serving a life sentence in prison for murder, a crime that witnesses told CPJ he couldn't have committed.
cpj.org?p=446557
📷 Family of René Capain Bassène
cpj.org?p=446557
📷 Family of René Capain Bassène
Four days after journalist Émérite Amisi Musada went missing in Bukavu, the capital of the DRC’s eastern South Kivu province, he was found naked on the edge of nearby Lake Kivu. Amisi told CPJ that he was taken, tortured, and interrogated about his work by unidentified men.
cpj.org/2025/04/drc-...
cpj.org/2025/04/drc-...
DRC journalist Émérite Amisi Musada reports being abducted, tortured over war coverage - Committee to Protect Journalists
Kinshasa, April 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the mistreatment of Congolese journalist Émérite Amisi Musada, who was abducted by men in civilian clothes on April 15 after...
cpj.org
April 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Four days after journalist Émérite Amisi Musada went missing in Bukavu, the capital of the DRC’s eastern South Kivu province, he was found naked on the edge of nearby Lake Kivu. Amisi told CPJ that he was taken, tortured, and interrogated about his work by unidentified men.
cpj.org/2025/04/drc-...
cpj.org/2025/04/drc-...
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Many of the journalists in CPJ’s 2024 prison census have been sentenced to spend significant parts of their lives in jail. Journalist René Capain Bassène is serving a life sentence in prison for murder, a crime that witnesses told us that he couldn't have committed.
More: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-...
More: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-...
April 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Many of the journalists in CPJ’s 2024 prison census have been sentenced to spend significant parts of their lives in jail. Journalist René Capain Bassène is serving a life sentence in prison for murder, a crime that witnesses told us that he couldn't have committed.
More: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-...
More: cpj.org/2025/01/cpj-...
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📢 NEW: Investigative journalists in Serbia targeted with Pegasus spyware
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
Journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware - Amnesty International Security Lab
Amnesty International has found evidence that two journalists at the Serbia-based Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (“BIRN”), an award-winning network of investigative journalists, were targeted ...
securitylab.amnesty.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📢 NEW: Investigative journalists in Serbia targeted with Pegasus spyware
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...
Our team at @amnesty.org's Security Lab have found new evidence that Serbian authorities continue using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against Serbian civil society.
securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/...