President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to restrict the U.S. government's use of commercial spyware tools, which have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world. The order sets guidelines for the companies that produce the spyware and is intended to protect citizens from the potential abuse of such tools. At least 50 U.S. government employees are suspected or confirmed to have been targeted with commercial spyware, and efforts to identify additional targeted personnel are ongoing.
