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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - SEPTEMBER 8: Greek Member of the European Parliament (The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL Coalition of the Radical Left) Stelios Kouloglou is listening during a session of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware of the European Parliament on September 8, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. Stélios Koúloglou is a journalist, writer and politician member of SYRIZA. According to experts, developed initially in North Macedonia, by the Cytrox company, then in Israel, the Predator spyware hacks the targeted phone, and can access the messages and conversations of its user. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

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