The Citizen Lab

Read "The Dangerous Effects of Unregulated Commercial Spyware" by @citizenlab: t.co/mvpDnO5cx6

Some apps can be repurposed for malicious purposes while some are actively marketed as stalkerware. Either way, they can be—and often are—abused. Our latest NetAlert comic by @jasonli explains t.co/erwUE6uQxY

The Reuters-Citizen Lab analysis looked at 28,000 tweets under the hashtags #parler, #parlerksa - using an acronym for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - and an Arabic-language version of #parler sent out between last Friday and Tuesday. t.co/zaimjhSCDk

Despite the Communist Party of China’s efforts to erase the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests from public records, human rights groups and activists make efforts to commemorate the event #June4CensoredHistories #Tiananmen30 #Tiananmen t.co/xIrNSMFbfW t.co/N2e9qJA86K

Congratulations to Citizen Lab founder and director @RonDeibert on receiving an honorary degree from @uofg today! t.co/BQNbnW9waC

Excellent thread on the legal analysis of stalkerware in our latest report, penned by @Cyn_K and @KateRobertson_

NEW REPORT: The Predator in Your Pocket: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry t.co/XlgyrPCwga

On June 5, 1989, an unidentified man stood alone in the street, blocking a column of tanks. Photos of the "Tank Man" have become the most iconic image of the Tiananmen crackdown #June4CensoredHistories #Tiananmen30 #Tiananmen t.co/FyPLbEnyF3 t.co/DQuOx7lK41

NEW REPORT: Censored Commemoration: Chinese Live Streaming Platform YY Focuses Censorship on June 4 Memorials and Activism in Hong Kong t.co/g2suZjuhQd

"Civil society participation must be more than just “window-dressing,” because otherwise, how can citizens trust their institutions?"- @irenepoet @victoria_heath7 @_PMolnar t.co/l5dW28eQTc

New from @OpenTechFund fellows @edok_lotosov and @ivalentovitch: an analysis of information controls in Russia and Crimea during the 2018 Russian presidential elections t.co/rc1gMJSxZe

On racialized false positive rates: "This strikes me as particularly important, given all the concerns around carding and other kinds of ethnic and racialized surveillance that have taken place by TPS in the past”- @caparsons t.co/X5ac73IhaV

In light of @SYPensions’s investment and upcoming meeting with Novalpina Capital, this letter highlights Citizen Lab’s research into the use of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to target human rights defenders and civil society t.co/WZPzhiKELh

1989年5月13日，學生抗議者開始在天安門廣場絕食抗議。學生們的絕食抗議為這場民主運動贏得了更廣泛的支持。至今，“89絕食”都是經常被中國審查機器過濾的內容之一。t.co/SuHFe8Z9i9 @Weiboscope @JMSCHKU t.co/UhyvIemqk5

On May 13, 1989 student protesters launched a hunger strike that galvanised support for the democracy movement in China. Another moment of censored history #June4CensoredHistories @Weiboscope @JMSCHKU t.co/VMbFTPmIMT t.co/SgW6zWJeCT

NEW REPORT: Burned After Reading: Endless Mayfly’s Ephemeral Disinformation Campaign t.co/cbBcJDFVFf

WhatsApp has just pushed out updates to close a vulnerability. We believe an attacker tried (and was blocked by WhatsApp) to exploit it as recently as yesterday to target a human rights lawyer. Now is a great time to update your WhatsApp software t.co/pJvjFMy2aw

Join @jon_penney and delve into the chilling effects of digital surveillance on May 25th at the Content Moderation Symposium t.co/4QENPWby5h

It's #WorldPressFreedomDay and @RonDeibert and @jsrailton do not mince words: "Commercial spyware is wreaking mounting havoc on civil society." t.co/ZWNxxsf5dj

"Along with a dozen other human rights groups, we urge readers to support Ahmed Mansoor by joining our campaign for his release, by posting messages of support on a Facebook page created by his friends and on Twitter under the hash tag #FreeAhmed." t.co/f4JnR8Sg5n

"The repeated use of Pegasus to target journalists and their family members over multiple years suggests a pattern of official abuse [...] This pattern is disturbing as Mexican journalists are also frequent targets for physical violence and assassination" t.co/hnQc8W9Hlr

ICYMI: t.co/e1uThKzMgW

ICYMI: @lotus_ruan discusses the often invisible censorship on @WeChatApp t.co/j0B3r6speY

And be sure to stick around for @RonDeibert delivering the closing keynote on targeted digital espionage against global civil society #GCMS2019

ICYMI: "The Chinese government is normally quick to censor discussion of protest. However, in this case it is the internet companies themselves that seem to be taking the initiative." t.co/IFk4C5lFSY

"And each year around the anniversary of the massacre, social media platforms and outspoken groups and individuals face heightened pressure to silence narratives about the movement." @weiboscope @JMSCHKU #June4CensoredHistories #Tiananmen t.co/dlFPCWRAAP