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CatalanGate
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CatalanGate is a scandal unveiled in 2022, revealing the extensive misuse of spyware like Pegasus and Candiru against Catalan politicians, activists, journalists, and civil society.
🎙️ "This is a weapon of mass destruction. Surveillance is not just information gathering, it is intimidation, and it inevitably shrinks the space for free expression and dissent"
- Ronan Farrow #Surveilled
November 23, 2024 at 10:09 PM
🎙️ "We're talking dozens and dozens and dozens of just politicians, activists, journalists, people just expressing themselves."
- Ronan Farrow #Surveilled #CatalanGate
November 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM
🎙️ "This is a region [Catalonia] that has demanded autonomy, and two things happened - one, violent police crackdowns during some elections, a vote on a referendum; and two, one of the largest clusters of hackings of people's phones.

#Surveilled #Catalonia #CatalanGate
November 23, 2024 at 10:06 PM
🎙️ “NSO Group compares its spyware to arms dealing: ‘We’re just playing by the rules, but there aren’t enough rules.’”
– Ronan Farrow, #Surveilled #SpywareRegulation #Pegasus #Candiru
November 23, 2024 at 10:04 PM
🎙️“Surveillance isn’t just information gathering; it’s intimidation. It shrinks the space for free expression and dissent.”
– Ronan Farrow, #Surveillance #Privacy #HumanRights
November 23, 2024 at 10:03 PM
🎙️ “Our cellphones are partners in our lives. We use them to speak to others and to find each other. They tell us where to go. We look into them. We touch them. We rely on them. We keep them in our pockets and close to our hearts. What do we really know about them?”
– Scott Simon
November 23, 2024 at 10:03 PM
🎙️ “Spyware like Pegasus can turn your phone into a listening device, a camera, and steal everything—without leaving a trace.”
– Ronan Farrow, #Surveilled #Pegasus #Candiru #Catalangate
November 23, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Reposted by CatalanGate
L’abril de 2022, l’institut canadenc CitizenLab va destapar l’espionatge de l’Estat espanyol al moviment d’autodeterminació català: 65 persones espiades entre 2017 i 2022 en el #CatalanGate”. El cas d’espionatge a Europa amb més víctimes, seguit d’Hongria, Polònia i Grècia.
November 21, 2024 at 2:18 PM
📢 On the Impact of Spyware:
"Whether you’re a journalist, activist, or someone awaiting an immigration hearing, everyone should be afraid of this technology."

#spyware #CatalanGate #Pegasus #Candiru
November 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
📢 On Preventive Action:
"If you care about this issue... write to your representative and say, ‘Hey, I care about regulation and legislation that will prevent this from being a free-for-all.’"
#spyware #CatalanGate #Pegasus #Candiru
November 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM
📢 On Democracy and Free Expression:
"You see a shrinking space for just forms of free expression. That means less freedom of press, less freedom of political opposition."

#spyware #CatalanGate #Pegasus #Candiru
November 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM
📢 On Surveillance Technology's Reach:
"Pegasus can turn your phone into a listening device. It can, without you ever knowing, crack into your photos, your most personal data."

#spyware #CatalanGate #Pegasus #Candiru
November 19, 2024 at 9:16 PM
📢 On Civil Liberties in Catalonia:
"The regime in Madrid was behind a bunch of violent arrests and crackdowns in that region, and so you see a shrinking space for just forms of free expression."

#spyware #CatalanGate #Pegasus #Candiru
November 19, 2024 at 9:16 PM
📢 On Catalonia's Surveillance Targeting:
"You saw that [the politician’s] discussions of that policy effort in private and in the European Parliament were potentially all being disgorged to his political enemies, who at the same time were cracking down."
November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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📢 On Surveillance in Spain:
"Part of this film is set in Spain, where we document one of the largest clusters of political dissidents, opposition politicians, activists, and civil society members all being hacked."
November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM