In marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, President Obama on Monday announced new sanctions targeting governments that use new technologies, such as cell phone and internet tracking, to carry out human rights abuses. The sanctions were aimed mostly at Iran and Syria, who have used new technologies to track dissidents. “We need to be doing everything we can [...]
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President Obama issued an executive order Monday that allows U.S. officials for the first time to impose sanctions against foreign nationals found to have used new technologies, including cellphone tracking and Internet monitoring, ... Read Post
Wash Post: Obama to issue an executive order Monday. Allows officials to impose sanctions against foreign nationals if using tech to carry out human rights abuses. Read Post
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama announced Monday that he has signed an executive order allowing new sanctions against companies that enable Syria and Iran to use technology such as cell phone monitoring to carry out human ... Read Post