UN rejects Russian cyber-crime treaty
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The United Nations has rejected a Russia-backed treaty on cyber crime, preserving a deadlock that has hampered UK and US efforts to harmonise international computer law for the past 10 years. Developments such as cloud computing, computer fraud, child pornography and fears of cyber warfare have increased pressure on countries around the world to give police powers to secure electronic evidence and pursue cyber crooks who operate across borders. There is world-wide...
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