Spyware and the Press

Spyware and the Press. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University held a panel discussion about the threat that malicious surveillance technology poses to press freedom around the world, featuring a distinguished line up of speakers including: Carlos Dada, EL Faro; Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker; Sheila Coronel, Columbia Journalism School; Carrie DeCell, Knight Institute; and Jameel Jaffer, Knight Institute. The framework for the discussion was a lawsuit filed by the Knight Institute last year on behalf of the leading Central American news organization El Faro whose employees were victims of more than 200 Pegasus spyware attacks. Some of the questions the panel considered were, what implications does the proliferation of spyware have for press freedom, democracy, and human rights? And what can be done to hold accountable the companies that sell this technology, and the governments (and others) who use it against journalists? Read more about the event and view the archived video here. Spyware and the Press | Knight First Amendment Institute (knightcolumbia.org)