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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.An Israeli court has ruled against Amnesty International in its case aimed at preventing iOS spyware firm NSO from exporting its hacking tools. NSO Group, the makers of the "Pegasus" spyware that Facebook allegedly , is to be allowed to continue exporting its surveillance tools after winning a crucial court ruling against Amnesty International. An Israeli court determined that Amnesty had not sufficiently proved its argument that NSO technology had been used to spy on its staff. A Tel Aviv District Court judge dismissed the suit, allowing NSO to continue its exports. The judge also backed the country's Ministry of Defense (MOD) operations regarding the safeguarding of human rights. "Today's disgraceful ruling is a cruel blow to people put at risk around the world by NSO Group selling its products to notorious human rights abusers," said Danna Ingleton, the acting co-Director of Amnesty Tech, seen by Vice. "At a moment when NSO and the Israeli MOD should be held accountable for their practices, it is appalling that the court has failed to do so." "NSO Group continues to profit from human rights abuses with impunity," she continued. "The ruling of the court flies in the face of the mountains of evidence of NSO Group's spyware being used to target human rights defenders from Saudi Arabia to Mexico, including the basis of this case - the targeting of one of our own Amnesty employees. We will continue to do all we can to stop NSO Group's spyware being used to commit human rights abuses." Amnesty International has now tweeted a video detailing "why we think the court is wrong." NSO Group sells its spyware to human rights abusers around the world. A court ruling today allows this to continue. Here's why we think the court is wrong. — Amnesty International (@amnesty) The NSO Group, however, argued that the win demonstrates that its policies regarding who it sells its tools to are correct. "The judgement is irrefutable evidence that the regulatory framework in which we operate in is of the highest international standard," the group said in a statement to Vice. "Combined with NSO's industry-leading governance frameworks, it underpins the fact that we are a global leader in commitment to the proper use of technology and respect for human rights," it continued. "Advanced encryption by terrorists and criminals necessitates the kind of legal and proportionate response that NSO provides to authorised and verified government agencies," concluded the statement. Previously, the NSO Group has demonstrated an ability to access an iPhone within minutes - although it was in controlled circumstances, and the owner . The organization was founded in Israel in 2010 and sells malware tools to governments and law enforcement agencies. In 2018, it was claimed that an NSO employee stole the "Pegasus" code and .Before anyone tries &nbsp;to say anything I'm saying is anti-semitism, please understand that I have nothing against all the people of Jewish faith around the world. I do, however, have lots to say about all the criminal activity by technology firms based in Israel and Israel in general. Israeli firms have been targeting US government installations for years and we do little to stop them. Boasting that they create malware tools for governments and law enforcement agencies is not a good sales pitch for consumers and citizens in general. Shut them all down.said:Before anyone tries &nbsp;to say anything I'm saying is anti-semitism, please understand that I have nothing against all the people of Jewish faith around the world. I do, however, have lots to say about all the criminal activity by technology firms based in Israel and Israel in general. Israeli firms have been targeting US government installations for years and we do little to stop them. Boasting that they create malware tools for governments and law enforcement agencies is not a good sales pitch for consumers and citizens in general. Shut them all down.I agree.Condemning criminal actions is not anti-&nbsp; anything -- except anti-bad-behavior.To put this into perspective:&nbsp;&nbsp; If China did what Israel and the NSO have been doing right wing heads would be exploding across the U.S.The hypocrisy is akin a to being pro-life while supporting capital punishment.said:Before anyone tries &nbsp;to say anything I'm saying is anti-semitism, please understand that I have nothing against all the people of Jewish faith around the world. I do, however, have lots to say about all the criminal activity by technology firms based in Israel and Israel in general. Israeli firms have been targeting US government installations for years and we do little to stop them. Boasting that they create malware tools for governments and law enforcement agencies is not a good sales pitch for consumers and citizens in general. Shut them all down.It’s tough because, like China, Israel has its good guys and bad guys in tech. There are plenty of small Israeli tech companies that Apple and others have bought for their technology. The scumbags, like NSO and Cellbrite are the ones that will sell you the technology to break into Apple’s secure hardware. The reason I call them scumbags is they have no moral compass. I get trying to help law enforcement get into a suspect’s device, but I don’t agree that you give them the keys to all the devices. Especially when law enforcement hasn’t done all of their homework in collecting evidence before turning their attention to the suspect’s iphone.&nbsp;NSO, was selling it’s technology to tyrants and dictators in the Middle East and other countries in order to find and round up dissidents and make them disappear.&nbsp;This an old article but is still relevant:said:said:Before anyone tries &nbsp;to say anything I'm saying is anti-semitism, please understand that I have nothing against all the people of Jewish faith around the world. I do, however, have lots to say about all the criminal activity by technology firms based in Israel and Israel in general. Israeli firms have been targeting US government installations for years and we do little to stop them. Boasting that they create malware tools for governments and law enforcement agencies is not a good sales pitch for consumers and citizens in general. Shut them all down.I agree.Condemning criminal actions is not anti-&nbsp; anything -- except anti-bad-behavior.To put this into perspective:&nbsp;&nbsp; If China did what Israel and the NSO have been doing right wing heads would be exploding across the U.S.The hypocrisy is akin a to being pro-life while supporting capital punishment.Well, you just identified the hypocrisy of the Republican party. Their platform, and the ideals of many Catholic Republicans, if pro-life and pro capital punishment. In fact, I know of two family members who vote Republican, even voting for Trump, simply because they are anti-abortionists. Single beliefs, like pro-Israel by both Republicans and Democrats, is what is causing the most problems in the US. Let's look at everything that's going on by every political party and country before cherry picking who and what we support. Criminal activity no matter who does it is illegal and needs to be condoned not celebrated. The actions of NSO and Cellebrite along with the NSA, CIA and FBI are many times illegal and most time very close to illegal and need to be stopped.said:said:said:Before anyone tries &nbsp;to say anything I'm saying is anti-semitism, please understand that I have nothing against all the people of Jewish faith around the world. I do, however, have lots to say about all the criminal activity by technology firms based in Israel and Israel in general. Israeli firms have been targeting US government installations for years and we do little to stop them. Boasting that they create malware tools for governments and law enforcement agencies is not a good sales pitch for consumers and citizens in general. Shut them all down.I agree.Condemning criminal actions is not anti-&nbsp; anything -- except anti-bad-behavior.To put this into perspective:&nbsp;&nbsp; If China did what Israel and the NSO have been doing right wing heads would be exploding across the U.S.The hypocrisy is akin a to being pro-life while supporting capital punishment.Well, you just identified the hypocrisy of the Republican party. Their platform, and the ideals of many Catholic Republicans, if pro-life and pro capital punishment. In fact, I know of two family members who vote Republican, even voting for Trump, simply because they are anti-abortionists. Single beliefs, like pro-Israel by both Republicans and Democrats, is what is causing the most problems in the US. Let's look at everything that's going on by every political party and country before cherry picking who and what we support. Criminal activity no matter who does it is illegal and needs to be condoned not celebrated. 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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content.An Israeli court has ruled against Amnesty International in its case aimed at preventing iOS spyware firm NSO from exporting its hacking tools. NSO Group, the makers of the "Pegasus" spyware that Facebook allegedly , is to be allowed to continue exporting its surveillance tools after winning a crucial court ruling against Amnesty International. An Israeli court determined...

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