# Executive Order 14093 **Domain:** United States Policy / Cybersecurity / Human Rights **Doc Type:** Legal Instrument Node **Maturity:** Canonical ## Definition **Executive Order 14093**, issued March 27, 2023, prohibits operational use by U.S. government agencies of [[wiki/Commercial Spyware|commercial spyware]] determined to pose significant counterintelligence or security risks or significant risks of improper use by foreign governments or persons. ## Scope The order identifies misuse including unauthorized surveillance, intimidation, curbing dissent, restricting expression or association, and targeting activists, academics, journalists, dissidents, political figures, NGOs and marginalized communities. ## Sources / Provenance - [Executive Order 14093 — Federal Register](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/30/2023-06730/prohibition-on-use-by-the-united-states-government-of-commercial-spyware-that-poses-risks-to) ## See Also [[wiki/Counterintelligence Risk|Counterintelligence Risk]], [[wiki/National Security|National Security]], [[wiki/Transnational Repression|Transnational Repression]]