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In January 2018, a Tibetan activist received a mundane-looking email purporting to be program updates from a human rights NGO. Attached to the message were a PowerPoint presentation and a document.

A new paper by Jeffrey Knockel, @grayops and @lotus_ruan reveals how censored Chinese keywords are incorporated into open source projects on @github t.co/jZW6CXtR8k

"Aujourd’hui, les métadonnées sont plus révélatrices, mais la loi ne s’est pas ajustée à cette réalité"- @caparsons t.co/4Wepyi9b6r

"This is dangerously drafted legislation, and I hope that the Australian government either retracts it or extensively amends it to protect, rather than endanger, Australian citizens.”- @caparsons t.co/aSnWDgxcHP

公民实验室研究发现微信除了审查关键词，还会过滤不良图片。我们的最新报告从技术层面分析了微信朋友圈上的两种过滤敏感图片的算法。t.co/D95oAEAudb

ICYMI: "With up to 175 reported instances of abusive surveillance, it seems clear that NSO Group is unable or unwilling to prevent its customers from misusing its powerful spyware tools." t.co/KAsgZmtGll

Coming up this afternoon at FOCI 2018, the Citizen Lab's Jeffrey Knockel will be presenting findings on our latest WeChat image filtering research #FOCI18 t.co/iCBXOmGH81

NEW REPORT: (Can't) Picture This: An Analysis of Image Filtering on WeChat Moments t.co/dsktfWBIU9

🚨 Deadline to apply for the gender and digital security project coordinator position is TODAY. Get those applications in! t.co/0IITL74cbx

ICYMI: "The criticism of Saudi Arabia on women's rights is encouraging," said @RonDeibert. "How can Canada at the same time justify supporting a Canadian company whose technology is helping facilitate human rights violations abroad?" t.co/BECz7Y6Oih

"Tibetans in Exile are connected to each other through various organizations and contacts. If you are compromised, you become the weakest link, and allow the spies to get information that can be used to target other Tibetans."- @lobsangsither t.co/dFbVWs83zd

The Citizen Lab's @LenMaschmeyer writes for @CFR_org about at-risk CSOs, the specific digital threats they face, and challenges to mitigating such dangers t.co/84fz9PYJgO

NEW REPORT: Familiar Feeling: A Malware Campaign Targeting the Tibetan Diaspora Resurfaces t.co/dFbVWs83zd

ICYMI: “There is a limit on how far and how high up public discussions can go before it gets on the leadership’s nerves”- @lotus_ruan t.co/6lH56zwRQG

🗓️Deadline for the Citizen Lab's gender & digital security project coordinator position is August 13. Apply today! t.co/0IITL74cbx

"It’s encouraging that the Trudeau government has advocated for LGBTQ2+ rights, but talk is cheap. Canada needs..to take action to prevent the use of Canadian-made technology to censor access to legitimate LGBTQ2+ content worldwide." @RonDeibert @hilltimes t.co/wB1dlsS2RI

Ottawa needs to act on global censorship of LGBTQ2 content. Opinion by @rondeibert t.co/wB1dlsS2RI via @thehilltimes

"Google’s Dragonfly: A Bellwether for Human Rights in the Digital Age." Opinion piece by Sarah McKune and @RonDeibert on Google's proposed censorship engine for China's market t.co/7OXxrZgTDh via @just_security

Powerful Smartphone Malware Used to Target Amnesty International Researcher t.co/x3tw7rHZ2m via @motherboard

NSO Group seems to have accidentally reused some of their old infrastructure when they were rebuilding after our Million Dollar Dissident report. Both Amnesty and us tracked it down and linked NSO Group to infection attempts against Saudi dissidents t.co/KAsgZmc4WL

Amnesty reports that one of their researchers, as well as a Saudi activist abroad, were targeted with NSO’s Pegasus spyware: t.co/d4C2UbOS3v

The website of #EqualRightsCoalition partner @ILGAWORLD is categorized “Alternative Lifestyles” by @netsweeper technology, which we confirmed blocked in the UAE. See: t.co/iqT8n1BK3M

Read "Citizen Lab Open Letter in Advance of the Equal Rights Coalition Global Conference (August 5-7, 2018, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)" by @citizenlab: t.co/iqT8n1BK3M #EqualRightsCoalition #Netsweeper cc @robertoampuero @R_Boissonnault @cafreeland

UN Special Rapporteur Dubravka Šimonović recently submitted a report to @UNHumanRights on online violence against women. It incorporates several Citizen Lab recommendations, including the importance of encryption, intersectionality & rights to privacy. t.co/xyD9xfb8Qa

Think you're not part of the encryption debate? "Public access to effective digital security technology prevents countless forms of digitally mediated crime: from identity fraud, theft, & extortion to larger scale intrusions of networks & infrastructure." t.co/knddttPhDo

An integral part of the Citizen Lab's mandate is seeking applicants who enrich our discourse by ensuring it is the product of a diversity of perspectives. So please share this opportunity widely! t.co/0IITL74cbx

“The rush to show returns can easily push companies to loosen their scruples, with predictable results. When you look at any company selling intrusion tech to a growing global client list...you will encounter abusive misuse."- @jsrailton t.co/hBspmxk3Jg