UN Votes To Protect Privacy In Digital Age 124
First time accepted submitter jma05 writes "The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a privacy resolution introduced by Brazil and Germany, against unlawful surveillance. 'The resolution affirms that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, including the right to privacy.' Under pressure from US lobbying, the clause that mass surveillance constitutes a human rights violation was dropped earlier."
Re:That should scare the NSA (Score:5, Informative)
US only contributes 22%. Europe pays more. Get your facts straight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_nations#Funding [wikipedia.org]
Re: That should scare the NSA (Score:4, Informative)
Re:And how is (Score:5, Informative)
No, UN resolutions aren't binding. But they are a reflection of what governments around the world believe they should be seen supporting.
You mean like the International Criminal Court [wikipedia.org], which was founded 11 years ago? The US is the only western country not to accept the ICC. Everyone around the world thinks this is odd.