The Biden administration has blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group, accusing the technology company of developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments "that used these tools to maliciously" target a range of actors, including journalists and activists.
Danna Ingleton, deputy director of Amnesty International Technology, said the blacklisting "sends a strong message to NSO Group that it can no longer profit from human rights abuses without repercussions. This is also a day of reckoning for NSO Group's investors—will they continue to bankroll a company whose technology has been used to systematically violate human rights?"
NSO Group said it was "dismayed" by the US decision and vowed to advocate to reverse it.
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