In an interview with the German news agency DPA, Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe warned against drastic measures against Fake News as this could amount to censorship. He pointed at hacking attacks as the main risk. The Council of Europe is currently aiming to enhance the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime to facilitate criminal justice access to data on servers to identify offenders. The background is concerns that hacking could be used to influence the outcome of elections.
- Secretary General’s interview as reported in Der Spiegel, Heise Online, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- Cloud Evidence Group
