The Citizen Lab

Canada's Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics issued a report on facial recognition tech with some recommendations for 🇨🇦 gov @citizenlab fellow @Cyn_K provided testimony to that committee and analyzed their report here: t.co/UUtZenUyRw

Hi friends and colleagues. The Citizen Lab now has a Mastodon instance @citizenlab@mastodon.social Please join us there for updates about our research and other activities 👍 t.co/iWCzGqR8PX

Canada's @nsiracanada (NatSec and Intelligence Review Agency) has a new annual report.. ...And @citizenlab senior research associate @caparsons has a thread with a review 👇

Welcome @mmichae1sen to the Citizen Lab team! @mmichae1sen will be working on digital transnational repression as a senior researcher 💪

UPDATE 🇲🇽: We can confirm Mexican opposition lawmaker Agustín Basave Alanís's device infected with #Pegasus Updated report: t.co/VxPCPTjrom @R3Dmx post: t.co/R6OXekqHQT Reuters: t.co/9RUuotpUyA

Liberal cybersecurity bill a ‘bad law’ that must be amended, research report warns t.co/H09PVOWTbl via @torontostar

NEW REPORT: “Cybersecurity Will Not Thrive In Darkness: A Critical Analysis of Proposed Amendments in Bill C-26 to the Telecommunications Act” by senior research associate @caparsons 👇 t.co/DJSGyGP9mg

Live now: Transnational Repression Series II: The Long Arm of Authoritarianism, featuring @citizenlab's @nouraaljizawi & @sienaanstis t.co/J0Wvbg8inY via @YouTube

Watch @citizenlab senior legal advisor and researcher, @sienaanstis on the "Resisting Digital Authoritarianism" panel: t.co/1LMo3fqimM via @YouTube #resistbureaulive @ResistBureau

“NSO’s claims to be the only party that can ‘truly’ verify infections is like a robber claiming to be the only one who can truly confirm whether he committed a crime.” @jsrailton 🇲🇽: reporters, activists hacked w NSO spyware despite assurances @skirchy t.co/ePlYdeNgRr

NEW: Two journalists & human rights defenders devices hacked w Pegasus spyware 🇲🇽 Read report by @R3Dmx t.co/5sho0qcA2F Citizen Lab provided technical validation details t.co/VxPCPT1iae t.co/UEayPrTsCE

Covert CIA websites could have been found by an ‘amateur’, research finds t.co/vS264u5NCJ @skirchy on our CIA covert comms investigation, led by senior researcher @billmarczak

NEW: Read statement by director @rondeibert on the fatal flaws found by senior researcher @billmarczak in a defunct CIA covert communications system. We are not publishing the full findings at this time pending responsible disclosure process... t.co/YTMkTNQsDA

In Prague for #VB2022? Make sure to see Citizen Lab senior researcher @billmarczak and @AmnestyTech's @DonnchaC's joint presentation "Exploit Archaeology: A Forensic History of in-the-wild NSO Group Exploits." 👇👇👇

Listen to our own @nouraaljizawi talk about countering gender-based disinfo on the "Advocacy, Passion & Beyond" podcast 👇 t.co/IqS5K5l6OT

Chinese police target Tibetans for DNA collection, reports allege t.co/WKf5ChwQNy

NEW REPORT: Mass DNA Collection in the Tibet Autonomous Region from 2016–2022 by postdoctorial fellow @emiledirks 👇 t.co/WQSGnEhoZ0

Wrestling the long arm of authoritarianism: t.co/77GgO8kFZE READ @citizenlab's @nouraaljizawi & @sienaanstis in @IRPP 👇

JOB OPENING! Are you a comms professional looking to work with an exciting organization doing high-profile work? Join us @citizenlab!! We're hiring a communications specialist. Details below 👇 t.co/EMBf6g8YCL t.co/dsVFdyir3F

LISTEN: [7 min mark]: Citizen Lab senior researcher @nouraaljizawi reflects on @I_Salma1988's detention & digital transnational repression after she was threatened online by trolls who reported her tweets to Saudi authorities through the Kuluna Amen app. t.co/bwdQ3jrBOD

Citizen Lab director @RonDeibert spoke to @BBCWorld on the ongoing Predator spyware scandal in Greece 🇬🇷, and the risks of mercenary spyware: Spyware allegations mount pressure on Greek government - BBC News t.co/GiYrr5hy8t via @YouTube

Saudi snitching app appears to have been used against jailed Leeds student @citizenlab's @nouraaljizawi comments on a “new phase of digital authoritarianism”. 👇 t.co/xUWsCDGY1Y

Earlier this week, director @RonDeibert testified before the 🇨🇦 House of Commons #ETHI on @rcmpgrcpolice use of spyware Our written submission, published today, describes the unique sophistication & risks of spyware & makes several recommendations t.co/DNtEDaZGUj t.co/J8JdyaTvzJ

Security researcher slams federal government for refusing to identify RCMP’s spyware provider /via @globeandmail t.co/RX9vGMOqBs

Yesterday, director @rondeibert gave testimony to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Ethics Committee on the @rcmpgrcpolice use of spyware, advocating for stronger controls and oversight in light of abuses and extraordinary powers... t.co/3o9GLrk5Xx via @nationalpost t.co/q8RLHGC2yn

Spyware is huge threat to global human rights & democracy, like "a wiretap on steroids," @RonDeibert @citizenlab director to testify today before the 🇨🇦 House of Commons on RCMP use of spyware, 3pm ET, urging greater oversight & accountability t.co/CU9JggeJw0

Today at 10:00 am EST, @jsrailton will be testifying before the U.S. @HouseIntel Committee. He'll be addressing the increasing harms of mercenary spyware companies and the torrent of human rights abuses they support. Watch live: t.co/GpZ2SjVWmC

Listen to Citizen Lab director @RonDeibert in conversation with @joglanville1 of @article19org about #Pegasus #PegasusProject #NSO #mercenaryspyware And more! 👇👇👇 t.co/s3BklrLOk4

NEW REPORT: Discovery of an extensive espionage campaign in Thailand 🇹🇭 involving the abuse of NSO Group’s #Pegasus spyware In collaboration with @iLawFX and @DigitalReachSEA t.co/6X2bG5nxwa

As digital technologies expand, so too do efforts to silence dissent—even across borders. t.co/KX9o1l3sOa