Germany's highest court has ruled that police can only deploy spy software to monitor phones and computers in investigations involving serious crimes.
The Federal Constitutional Court’s decision narrows the scope of a 2017 law that limits the government's ability to use covert surveillance tools on platforms such as WhatsApp.
Digitalcourage, a German digital rights group, brought the legal challenge, warning that the law could infringe on the privacy of people not suspected of any wrongdoing.
Judges said the law's broad wording left too much room for interpretation and allowed serious intrusions without sufficient justification.
The ruling means authorities cannot monitor phone calls, emails, or other digital communications when investigating crimes that carry a relatively minor sentence - a sentence that is under three years or less.
The ruling emphasized that surveillance is a significant intrusion and should be reserved for serious offenses - longer than a three years sentence.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's new visa fees for foreign workers drew widespread condemnation from technology executives, entrepreneurs and investors across social media, with just a few outliers, as many saw it as a major blow to a sector that contributed millions to his re-election campaign.
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun on Monday, marking the first visit by the House of Representatives to Beijing in six years. The discussions were aimed at strengthening exchanges, particularly military-to-military communication.
Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal all officially recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday (21 September), with other countries expected to follow suit this week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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