The petition requested that Israel cancel the NSO’s security export license. Amnesty International accused the Israel-based tech firm of selling hacking tools to governments around the world.
On Sunday, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the court ruled that Amnesty International did not produce enough evidence and failed to show that NSO’s Pegasus tool was used to spy on activists. The court ruling allows NSO Group to continue exporting its software and tools.
Despite the setback of the U.S. ruling, NSO will not settle with Facebook and they deny wrongdoing. NSO has also indicated they will continue to battle the Facebook lawsuit.
“The sole purpose of NSO is to provide technology to licensed government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to help them fight terrorism and serious crime,” NSO said in a statement. “Our technology is not designed or licensed for use against human rights activists and journalists. It has helped to save thousands of lives over recent years.”
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