AN ANTI-CYBERCRIME TREATY DRAFTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS IS EXPECTED TO USHER IN A TOTALITARIAN CENSORSHIP REGIME AROUND THE WORLD, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS WARN. A GLOBAL CRACKDOWN ON ‘CRIMINAL CONTENT’ THE UN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CYBERCRIME LAST MONTH APPROVED A FINAL DRAFT OF A CONVENTION AGAINST CYBERCRIME. THE TREATY, WHICH WILL BE PUT TO A VOTE AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY LATER THIS MONTH, HAS THE FOLLOWING STATED PURPOSE:; LEGALIZE CENSORSHIP IN ‘DEMOCRACIES’; IF YOU’RE AN ACTIVIST IN COUNTRY A TWEETING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ATROCITIES IN COUNTRY B, AND CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OR THE KING IS CONSIDERED A SERIOUS CRIME IN BOTH COUNTRIES UNDER VAGUE CYBERCRIME LAWS, THE UN CYBERCRIME TREATY COULD ALLOW COUNTRY A TO SPY ON YOU FOR COUNTRY B. THIS MEANS COUNTRY A COULD ACCESS YOUR EMAIL OR TRACK YOUR LOCATION WITHOUT PRIOR JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION AND KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET, EVEN WHEN IT NO LONGER IMPACTS THE INVESTIGATION.