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

📍 Toronto, Canada

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"There is this misassumption that once people arrive in Canada from authoritarian countries, they are safe. We need to redefine what safety is" - @nouraaljizawi t.co/zNPz6fYsSJ
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NEW REPORT Psychological and Emotional War: Digital Transnational Repression in Canada t.co/H98n3F6oGQ
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تقرير جديد (بالتعاون مع @Redline4gulf) اللؤلؤة 2 بيغاسوس اختراق نشطاء بحرينيين ببيغاسوس، فقط بعد أيام من تقرير يؤكد اختراق ضحايا آخرين t.co/0oxKwU1AUX
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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
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This morning, @caparsons provided testimony to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics t.co/NfnEqmynOz
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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
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On the FBI purchasing Pegasus: "Terribly counterproductive, irresponsible and ill-conceived" - @RonDeibert t.co/WN8vBjuToJ
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“Democracies and dictatorships shouldn’t share a hacking toolbox” - @jsrailton t.co/gvbRPhO0Cg
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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NEW REPORT Cross-country Exposure: Analysis of the MY2022 Olympics app t.co/g3HydeD9Aa
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“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
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NEW REPORT Project Torogoz: Extensive Hacking of Media & Civil Society in El Salvador with Pegasus Spyware t.co/5aJXV4fUGY
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“The silence of Canada is giving the attackers more space to launch an attack" - @nouraaljizawi t.co/RcvlqojPfa
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"Disinformation moves at the speed of social media; fact-checking is still stuck in an analog age" - @jsrailton t.co/pcmEQAnmEU
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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
Image in @citizenlab's post: Still time to apply for the Assistant Professor - Information Security position at @munkschool, to …
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Question: Does the Citizen Lab accept donations? Answer: Yes we do! Details at this (now correct) link at the @UofT here: t.co/sn7lM7wIAH
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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
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NEW REPORT Pegasus vs. Predator: Dissident’s Doubly-Infected iPhone Reveals Cytrox Mercenary Spyware t.co/58G8tpWXkG
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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
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Ikuti diskusi dengan peneliti senior @irenepoet dalam panel mengenai penyensoran situs-situs LGBTIQ sebagai bagian dari #OutSummit2021 t.co/vPq5iCqBNL t.co/k715NIyRMa
Image in @citizenlab's post: Ikuti diskusi dengan peneliti senior @irenepoet dalam panel mengenai penyensoran situs-situs LGBTIQ…
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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