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Academic research unit at @UofT investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.

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Senior researcher @jsrailton speaking with CNN en Español about spyware attempts in Mexico #gobiernoespia t.co/tuJqpHtlW0
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About to start #clsi17, fifth interaction of our Citizen Lab Summer Institute. Hacking on projects together = :) t.co/Zs2dM0zOvk
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Mexico Spied on Human Rights Investigators & Families of Missing Students Instead of Kidnappers t.co/JARXMpy0wY via @democracynow
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Citizen Lab director @RonDeibert talks digital identities and the safeguards we can take to protect ourselves @VICE t.co/mWPfjnmG3k
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Report: Government-exclusive spyware targeted experts investigating Mexico's 43 missing students t.co/szA8dDzwgb via @UPI
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Spyware That Governments Can’t Resist t.co/tjjHZ9xvNn @nytimes editorial on #gobiernoespia
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BBC News - Mexico students: Pegasus spyware 'used on foreign investigators' t.co/wBFNo4zg7H
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Spyware used on investigators probing missing students in Mexico: report t.co/FOe4iilIBp via @Reuters
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Etudiants disparus au Mexique : les experts internationaux ciblés par un logiciel espion t.co/zybjwVZVo3 @lemondefr
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A report found Mexico 43 investigators were targeted by spy software t.co/oH7YTALD8Z via @NBCNews
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Mexico spying targeted international experts in student kidnapping case t.co/SNhRJiDP8P
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Spyware attempts came a week after investigators criticized Mexican government for interference with inquiry t.co/1QaFXbSajQ
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Spyware Sold to Mexican Government Was Used to Target Experts Investigating Missing Students @ForeignPolicy t.co/FgNRpChvGH
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Latest update in #GobiernoEspía: NSO spyware found on phones of investigators in 2014 Iguala Mass Disappearance t.co/1QaFXbSajQ
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Sample of texts used in attempts to infect phones of team investigating disappearance of 43 students in Mexico #GobiernoEspia t.co/21n8OvDqj9
Image in @citizenlab's post: Sample of texts used in attempts to infect phones of team investigating disappearance of 43 student…
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Investigadores del GIEI dicen que fueron espiados para entorpecer la investigación del caso Ayotzinapa t.co/eO5abPZ32u
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Full list of Mexican targets of spyware now includes int’l investigators of mass disappearances t.co/1QaFXbSajQ #gobiernoespia t.co/HeqgBpxRzb
Image in @citizenlab's post: Full list of Mexican targets of spyware now includes int’l investigators of mass disappearances htt…
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Read a post by our colleagues @r3dmx t.co/xLzj0YB5BL about the latest in the Mexican spy scandal
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Int’l investigators into Mexican mass disappearances targeted with SMS links of NSO infrastructure t.co/1QaFXbSajQ #gobiernoespia t.co/LqVnCkhmV8
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NEW: Investigation Into Mexican Mass Disappearance Targeted with NSO Spyware t.co/1QaFXbSajQ #gobiernoespia
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"The younger the participant, the greater the chilling effect"- Citizen Lab fellow @jon_penney on who's most silenced by online surveillance t.co/NtV5FX2Lf8
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Hackers Created Fake News Sites in Attempt to Phish Reporters Covering China  t.co/O4OuEEIcQV via @gizmodo
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.@jsrailton puts the recent spyware attacks against Mexican journalists and HR advocates into context t.co/KMvYoVqdcD via @r3dmx
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#TBT Journalists have long been targets of cyber espionage. This week, @CDT; in 2009, @AP reporters in LDN and HK t.co/ohGC4jzMAo
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