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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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延续之前针对微信朋友圈图片过滤技术的研究,我们分析了微信如何在聊天功能中实现实时图片过滤 t.co/dvk8K9a3p4
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Too busy to read the entirety of our latest analysis of @WeChatApp image filtering? Just want the highlights? We've got you covered: t.co/PPXcVa95sK
Image in @citizenlab's post: Too busy to read the entirety of our latest analysis of @WeChatApp image filtering? Just want the h…
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NEW REPORT: (Can’t) Picture This 2: An Analysis of WeChat's Realtime Image Filtering in Chats t.co/2s8yQJkw5P
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"Many June 4 related posts on Weibo that are censored include information on the event supported by validated sources, including journalistic coverage, video footage, photographs, books, archives, and documents." @globalvoices @Weiboscope @JMSCHKU t.co/J4z2S2Bl2q
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Using AI in immigration decisions has real world impacts. How can your immigration application be affected? #BotsAtTheGate t.co/4r5kNjz2aj
Image in @citizenlab's post: Using AI in immigration decisions has real world impacts. How can your immigration application be
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Continued correspondence with investors in Novalpina and NSO Group. "We are sure that your public sector investors would want to have confidence that their investments are dealt with according to high ethical standards." t.co/BCxjVNoVzv
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China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border t.co/M7DgmA8xBT via @vice
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Read "The Dangerous Effects of Unregulated Commercial Spyware" by @citizenlab: t.co/mvpDnO5cx6
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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
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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
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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
Image in @citizenlab's post: Despite the Communist Party of China’s efforts to erase the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests from pub…
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Congratulations to Citizen Lab founder and director @RonDeibert on receiving an honorary degree from @uofg today! t.co/BQNbnW9waC
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Excellent thread on the legal analysis of stalkerware in our latest report, penned by @Cyn_K and @KateRobertson_
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NEW REPORT: The Predator in Your Pocket: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry t.co/XlgyrPCwga
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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
Image in @citizenlab's post: On June 5, 1989, an unidentified man stood alone in the street, blocking a column of tanks. Photos …
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NEW REPORT: Censored Commemoration: Chinese Live Streaming Platform YY Focuses Censorship on June 4 Memorials and Activism in Hong Kong t.co/g2suZjuhQd
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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
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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
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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
Image in @citizenlab's post: 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。https://t.co/SuHF…
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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
Image in @citizenlab's post: On May 13, 1989 student protesters launched a hunger strike that galvanised support for the democra…
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NEW REPORT: Burned After Reading: Endless Mayfly’s Ephemeral Disinformation Campaign t.co/cbBcJDFVFf
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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
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