The White House will announce a national grouping next week. (File)
Washington:
Senior administration officials said on Thursday the White House would unveil a group of countries that have pledged to work together to limit technology exports that could be used by bad actors and repressive governments. to violate human rights.
The announcement, which will be made as part of US President Joe Biden’s Democratic Summit, is intended to address “the misuse of certain dual-use technologies that may lead to human rights violations” and ensure “important and emerging technologies work for and not against democratic societies,” officials told reporters on a brief call.
Officials declined to name the countries that will join the group or the technologies or users the group targets, but said members will develop and adopt a “written non-binding code of conduct. or a statement of principles to guide the application of human rights criteria to export. licensing policy.”
Officials have pointed to China as an example of a country that has abused technology to control its population.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration added Chinese companies to a trade blacklist for allowing Uigher Muslims to commit human rights abuses and added Burmese entities following a coup there. In October, it issued a rule to control the export of items used for malicious cyber activities.
The administration invited just over 100 government leaders to the Virtual Democracy event on December 9 and 10, the first of its kind, which aims to help prevent democracy’s slide and its erosion. rights and freedoms worldwide. The listing does not include China or Russia.
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