Italy: Indignation about wiretapping scandal

The investigative journalist Francesco Cancellato and critic of the migration policy of the ultra-rights government were apparently monitored with the spy software »Graphite«.

Journalists, migrant advocates and even a priest have joined the accusations of espionage in Italy, after WhatsApp announced at the end of January that more than 90 people using its platform had been attacked with spyware from the Israeli company Paragon Solutions. One of the first to denounce the intervention of their communications was Francesco Cancellato, editor-in-chief of the Italian research media Fanpage, known for criticizing far-right …