The organization works to expand and defend freedom in the United States and around the world through a unique combination of research, programming, and advocacy. [...] The problem: Governments’ malign use of technology that threatens human rights Freedom on the Net, originally launched in 2009, is Freedom House’s annual report that analyzes the ways in which human rights are protected or undermined in 70 countries around the world.1 Over a decade of conducting this research has allowed Freedom House to monitor and analyze the changing nature of digital repressio. [...] Examples of the use of spyware in the commission of transnational repression include the case of Jamal Khashoggi, whose colleagues and family had their devices infected with spyware in the period leading up to his murder; as well as spyware used against Ethiopian dissidents and journalists; and malware used against Kazakh dissidents and journalists.5 Most recently, Galina Timchenko of the Russian. [...] This is especially pertinent given that the Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative (ECHRI) Code of Conduct, to which the United States is committed to following as a member of the ECHRI, calls for the “[promotion] of non-state actors’ implementation of human rights due diligence policies and procedures in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights or other complementing. [...] concerning effective implementation of export control measures.” The Department of State and Department of Treasury have created this type of mechanism for engagement on Global Magnitsky and other targeted sanctions, and it has proven effective for both government and civil society with regards to two-way information exchange aimed at strengthening both the efficacy and precision of these targeted.
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