SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES MUST NOT UNDERMINE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION – UN EXPERT

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SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES MUST NOT UNDERMINE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION –
UN EXPERTNew York, Jun 4 2013 1:00PMSurveillance technologies used
by Governments must not violate their citizens' privacy, a United
Nations independent expert stressed today, calling on States to ensure
that free expression is not compromised.

"Freedom of expression cannot be ensured without respect to privacy in
communications,"
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13400&LangID=E">said
Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Frank La Rue, presenting
to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council his report on the
implications of State surveillance on human rights.

"Concerns about national security and criminal activity may justify
the exceptional use of communications surveillance," he said.
"Nevertheless, national laws regulating what constitutes the
necessary, legitimate and proportional State involvement in
communications surveillance are often inadequate or simply do not
exist."

According to the report, States possess multiple instruments to breach
communication privacy today. Access to the content of an individual's
email and message can be obtained through Internet companies and
service providers, movement of people can be tracked via their mobile
phones, and calls and text messages can be intercepted.

"By placing taps on the fibre-optic cables, through which the majority
of digital communication information flows, and applying word, voice
and speech recognition, States can achieve almost complete control of
tele- and online communications," Mr. La Rue said, underlining that
technological advances enable massive surveillance and censorship of
web activities.

"Just recently, these technologies were utilized by Governments
confronted with the Arab Spring, for example," he said, referring to a
series of uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa over the past
two years, some of which have toppled long-standing regimes.

Noting that surveillance of human rights defenders and journalists in
many countries has been well documented, he urged States to review
national laws regulating surveillance and raise public awareness of
the increasing threats to privacy posed by new communication
technologies.

"Private actors also have a responsibility," he added. "Measures must
be taken to prevent the commercialization of surveillance technologies
across the globe and the protection of communication data."

Without the protection of privacy, security and anonymity of
communications, it will not be possible to make sure that private
communications are not under scrutiny of the State, he said.Jun 4
2013 1:00PM
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