North Korea: Mobile Phones

(asked on 1st October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of claims by the UK cyber security company Hacker House that algorithms, software and surveillance tools are placed by the State into North Korean phones; and what are the implications of this for human rights and civil liberties.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 8th October 2019

Reports of technology enabling state surveillance in North Korea are concerning. We are deeply worried about the wide ranging human rights abuses in North Korea, including relating to privacy and freedom of speech. The North Korean government should respect the basic rights of its people.

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