[liberationtech] EP - Digital Arms control

Thu Oct 25 06:57:43 PDT 2012

http://www.marietjeschaake.eu/2012/10/ep-steunt-d66-initiatief-controle-europese-export-digitale-wapens/

European Parliament endorses stricter European export control of digital
arms

By endorsing amendments proposed by Dutch Member of European Parliament
Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) the European Parliament wants EU export
control regulation to include additional binding export controls for
technologies that are used by authoritarian regimes to monitor, track
and trace citizens.

See also
http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2011/0310%28COD%29