The Citizen Lab

Join our team as a 2022 Information Controls Fellow! Since 2014, Citizen Lab + @OpenTechFund have supported diverse researchers to investigate the free flow of information online, access to the open Internet, and censorship mechanisms. Deadline: March 13 t.co/PSKY3iGS6S

"Government can’t just ignore due process when it’s inconvenient. As a democracy that prides itself on a high rule of law, Canada cannot slip toward a world where expediency wins over the correct process." - @caparsons t.co/LM0Gmihabv

Digital transnational repression has a range of serious impacts on dissidents and activists living in exile. In particular, women are routinely targeted. To combat this, we must listen to their stories and centre their knowledge. t.co/kFC1t6ioJr

Deadline to apply for the Information Controls Fellowship is March 13 More info: t.co/PSKY3iGS6S

Today at 2:00 pm EST: @caparsons discusses Canada's digital foreign policy agenda with @CanadianIGF t.co/7gZMAb4WpG

“The re-purposing of policing data to train AI technology is a very high-risk and controversial use of technology in policing from a human-rights perspective" - @KateRobertson_ t.co/5CDe4eWlMw

Join Citizen Lab fellow @lokmantsui for a discussion of how China is expanding the power of big data analytics for governing society. 🗓️ March 4 🕙 10:00 am EST 🗒️ t.co/KgW1JJa5ek t.co/sFUxZADHB6

As so-called "zombie policy proposals" continue to rear their heads, @caparsons joins @mgeist to discuss online harms and warrantless access to subscriber and transmission data t.co/HGQIvq0B8j

"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

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