Pegasus Spyware in Southeast Asia

This is a special edition of the Southeast Asia Dispatches, the first of six episodes in the Pegasus series that we are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at KBRPrime.id.

In 2022, iLaw, Digital Reach, and The Citizen Lab discovered a large-scale espionage campaign targeting pro-democracy demonstrators and activists calling for monarchy reform in Thailand. At least 30 people were infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.

Thailand's parliament has so far failed to introduce regulation or countermeasures against the government's extensive and evolving surveillance powers, while government accountability mechanisms have weakened and attacks on civil society continue. 

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