Budapest Convention on Cybercrime

And there's lots of nuance in the kinds of treaties we have for enforcement and the kinds of law that can be enforced and the powers that are available.

There is actually a thing called the Budapest Convention, which is the which is the basis of the criminal law against unauthorised access of databases, which various countries in the world came together and agreed on.

But it's difficult when a government, the overseas government, is quite protective of the industry in question.

In this case, the US government seems to be quite protective of the industry, sees it as essential to the United States' own success in the AI arms race and perhaps its own national security.

What is the origin of this treaty? How did this all sort of originate?

Yeah, so going back to 2001, there's something called the Budapest Convention, which a number of countries in Europe look to to address things like cybercrime.

But it's not so much broader than Europe.

2019 is when Russia, China and Iran really started pushing for UN action on this front.