U.S. Sets Guidelines To Curb Tech Exports That Violate Rights

As the first day of the latest Summit for Democracy wrapped up, the US announced international guidelines for curbing exports of technology that could be used by authoritarian states to violate human rights, Nikkei Asia reported.

Photo Insert: Biden and Blinken facilitate discussions at the recently concluded Summit for Democracy.

The White House says the voluntary code of conduct is supported by 20 countries including Japan, South Korea, the UK, Germany, and France, and "commits subscribing states to better integrate human rights criteria in their export control regimes."

It likely will be left to individual participants to decide what products and countries to target, but human rights groups have accused China and Russia of using surveillance technology for repression.

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