EU parliament report calls for tighter regulation of spyware

Non-binding vote bans surveillance software after concluding Hungary and Poland used it to track journalists and opponents The EU needs tighter regulation of the spyware industry, a European parliament special committee has said, after concluding that Hungary and Poland had used surveillance software to illegally monitor journalists, politicians and activists. A special European parliament committee voted on Monday for a temporary ban on the sale, acquisition and use of spyware while the bloc dr...