The Citizen Lab

NEW REPORT Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada t.co/H98n3F6oGQ

تقرير جديد (بالتعاون مع @Redline4gulf) اللؤلؤة 2 بيغاسوس اختراق نشطاء بحرينيين ببيغاسوس، فقط بعد أيام من تقرير يؤكد اختراق ضحايا آخرين t.co/0oxKwU1AUX

NEW REPORT (in collaboration with @Redline4gulf) PEARL 2 PEGASUS Bahraini activists hacked with Pegasus just days after a report confirming other victims t.co/qF7rqxNYYB

This morning, @caparsons provided testimony to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics t.co/NfnEqmynOz

Apply for the @OpenTechFund fellowship and help us research how governments are restricting the free flow of information, cutting access to the open Internet, and implementing censorship mechanisms Deadline: March 13, 2022 t.co/PSKY3iGS6S

On the FBI purchasing Pegasus: "Terribly counterproductive, irresponsible and ill-conceived" - @RonDeibert t.co/WN8vBjuToJ

“Democracies and dictatorships shouldn’t share a hacking toolbox” - @jsrailton t.co/gvbRPhO0Cg

We're now accepting applications for the @OpenTechFund Information Controls Fellowship Program. Ideal candidates include those with research interests in: 🔹Freedom of expression 🔹Targeted digital threats against civil society 🔹Mobile app privacy t.co/PSKY3iGS6S

If you're enrolled in @RonDeibert's @UofT_PolSci class, apply for the 2022 Reset Scholarship! Special consideration will be given to applications from Black and Indigenous students t.co/r8jY0ysjrD

While Pegasus dominates headlines, it's not alone. "What is truly daunting to contemplate...is that NSO Group is but one among many companies in a growing marketplace for this type of surveillance technology." - @RonDeibert t.co/ZTKAnSW7Oq

“冬奥通”是2022年北京奥运会官方规定与会者必须安装的一个手机软件。我们的最新研究指出“冬奥通”有一个简单但后果严重的安全漏洞，阅读详细报告⬇️ t.co/aiQR6KoOTa

NEW REPORT Cross-country Exposure: Analysis of the MY2022 Olympics app t.co/g3HydeD9Aa

“There’s an increasing divide between what government can lawfully do in terms of collecting and using...personal information that had been anonymized and aggregated, and what individual Canadians think" - @caparsons t.co/xbn4cUQYLa

NEW REPORT Project Torogoz: Extensive Hacking of Media & Civil Society in El Salvador with Pegasus Spyware t.co/5aJXV4fUGY

“The silence of Canada is giving the attackers more space to launch an attack" - @nouraaljizawi t.co/RcvlqojPfa

"Disinformation moves at the speed of social media; fact-checking is still stuck in an analog age" - @jsrailton t.co/pcmEQAnmEU

Still time to apply for the Assistant Professor - Information Security position at @munkschool, to work closely with the Citizen Lab. Candidates must have an interest in applied research, policy & collaborating across disciplines. Deadline: Jan. 24, 2022 t.co/09do6sTOM8 t.co/Z8D3b8se1P

Question: Does the Citizen Lab accept donations? Answer: Yes we do! Details at this (now correct) link at the @UofT here: t.co/sn7lM7wIAH

While the Association of Southeast Asian Nations & the African Union create spaces for discussions on cyber norms, questions remain on how agreement at the regional level can be achieved. The latest from the Citizen Lab's @irenepoet @JoshGold3 & Justin Lau t.co/6b9DWuBlRj

NEW REPORT Pegasus vs. Predator: Dissident’s Doubly-Infected iPhone Reveals Cytrox Mercenary Spyware t.co/58G8tpWXkG

Successive Canadian governments have stated that they will decide whether to ban Huawei equipment from Canadian telco networks. Today, which marks a year since we published our report on Huawei & 5G, no decision has been publicly declared. t.co/55OWvIG1Wd

Ikuti diskusi dengan peneliti senior @irenepoet dalam panel mengenai penyensoran situs-situs LGBTIQ sebagai bagian dari #OutSummit2021 t.co/vPq5iCqBNL t.co/k715NIyRMa

“We know that online censorship is on the rise globally, and internet filtering is practiced by authoritarian and democratic countries alike.” - @irenepoet t.co/mFpgbWDkcn

As a finalist for the Tallberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize, @RonDeibert discusses fighting to protect human rights defenders and keeping corporate avarice in check. t.co/VVA5SGo58a

As digital technologies continue to advance, website censorship—along with efforts to circumvent it—are dynamic. This leads to a persistent game of cat-and-mouse between governments and LGBTIQ users, both of whom are trying to stay ahead of the other. t.co/yswo0bdQNW

The Citizen Lab's @nouraaljizawi and @sienaanstis will join @freedomhouse for a discussion on how authoritarian governments reach beyond borders to silence dissent among exiled and diaspora communities. 🕙December 7, 2021 🗓️10:00 AM EST t.co/8XzCNlYeh2

In our report on GFWatch, we found that China's Great Firewall blocked access to a US-based online shopping platform due to them hosting a store selling Uyghur cultural products, despite the platform being owned by Alibaba. t.co/KHMY2inFFn

Join @RonDeibert as he delivers the keynote address at the 18th annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture, discussing Digital Subversion: The Threat to Democracy 🗓️ Wed, December 1 🕕 6:00 pm EST 🐦 @NEDemocracy @ThinkDemocracy 📝 t.co/LO4AuaEvRc t.co/zMCpEBysfI

The closing date for the @munkschool search for an Assistant Professor in Information Security has been extended until January 24, 2022. More info: t.co/09do6sTOM8 t.co/S2nhABnc1U