Can a Lawsuit Stem Spyware Use in Central America?
Latin America in Focus
English - February 15, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★ - 58 ratingsNews council of the americas brazil latin america chile bolivia cuba paraguay uruguay ecuador guatemala Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After his phone was hacked with Pegasus spyware four times, El Faro journalist Roman Gressier and 17* colleagues at the Salvadoran outlet decided to sue a software manufacturer in a U.S. court. His lawsuit is part of a growing effort to regulate the exploding market for digital surveillance worldwide. But can anything stop governments from using these tools? Gressier tells AS/COA Online’s Chase Harrison about the case, the role of Pegasus in Central America, and why he is pessimistic about the future of spyware.
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*Editor's note: The original version of this podcast stated that there are 22 plaintiffs in the case. The correct figure at the time of publishing was 18.
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