"Including offenses based on harmful speech in the treaty, rather than focusing on core cybercrimes, will likely result in overbroad, easily abused laws that will sweep up lawful speech and pose an enormous menace to the free expression rights of people around the world. The UN committee should not make that mistake."
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Countering cybercrime is a timely and pressing challenge but should not come at the expense of the fundamental rights and dignity of those whose lives this proposed treaty will touch. Human Rights Watch is not convinced a global cybercrime treaty is necessary and is concerned that it risks eroding human rights protections and States’ obligations under international rights law.