The Citizen Lab

Citizen Lab's senior researcher Bill Marczak served as a key witness in a UK ruling that ordered Saudi Arabia to pay £3M to a London-based dissident who was targeted with #Pegasus spyware. Read the ruling: t.co/5S4VvZK8HL

Hear from the Citizen Lab's Marcus Michaelsen at @transrepproject's webinar this Thurs, Feb 5 👇

NEW REPORT – “From Protest to Peril: Cellebrite Used Against Jordanian Civil Society” Our investigation reveals that, since 2020, Jordanian authorities have deployed Cellebrite’s forensic extraction products against civil society targets in Jordan. Full report here: t.co/3lyQ82680Y

NEW Citizen Lab website just launched! See what's new at t.co/9z7gcZXwjz t.co/BCnvBtmvil

New article by Citizen Lab senior legal advisor Siena Anstis examines the challenges that members of civil society targeted by spyware face in attempting to seek remedy. Read it in @InRights: t.co/dShTUPKcrj

Citizen Lab director @profdeibert speaks with @techreview about the Lab’s work, noting that “the type of research that we pioneered is under threat like never before.” t.co/5auvCOtajX

Today at 11 am ET: Senior research associate @KateRobertson_ will be testifying on Bill C-8 in the 🇨🇦@HoCChamber SECU Committee Meeting. Watch live: t.co/IvOxME1XNP #cdnpoli

PODCAST: Senior fellow Cynthia Khoo discusses the issues with Canada’s ‘national sprint’ on AI, calling it “a slap in the face to anyone who’s been harmed by these kinds of reckless approaches to technology.” Listen to the episode here: t.co/PolR4D7cLn #cdnpoli

AI is already reshaping how we live, work, and communicate. But how will it change democracy? Join @munkschool's Bruce Schneier, Beth Coleman & @RonDeibert for "Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship" on Dec 2. Register to attend online or in person: t.co/3GzxV7GPQz

🔔 Upcoming webinar! Join us for a timely conversation on how #digitalrepression and #surveillance are reshaping women’s participation in peacebuilding and the Women, Peace and Security agenda. Nov 26 @ 9:30 am ET More info: t.co/laF3nFI772

Nov 26: Join us for an online discussion examining women and peacemaking in the digital age. Hear from Citizen Lab researchers as well as Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) experts from @DigiDefenders @4freerussia_org @AmnestyNow & @sheAssociates. Meet the speakers: t.co/VJRpKHGfIx

On Dec 11, tune in for @RonDeibert's conversation w/ @signalapp president @mer__edith about the critical lessons learned from the Signalgate scandal at #FTGlobalBoardroom @FTLive. Learn more: t.co/oj5kstsCqy

On Nov 18, Citizen Lab senior fellow Cynthia Khoo will deliver a talk titled “Civil Rights and Modeling the AI Legislation We Need” at the Canadian Conference on AI Governance. Learn more: t.co/AF1hYzkZav

WEBINAR: Join us for a timely conversation on how digital repression and surveillance are reshaping women’s participation in peacebuilding and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. When: Nov 26 at 9:30 am ET / 3:30 pm CET Where: Online Register: t.co/gilALt4vgd

How do authoritarian surveillance mechanisms affect those targeted, and how should societies respond? On Nov 12, Citizen Lab senior researcher @jsrailton will be at #BerlinFreedomWeek to share his expertise in the panel discussion titled “From Stasi to Spyware: Old Tactics, New Technology.” Learn more: t.co/tdXmFjot7a

Researchers at the Citizen Lab and director @RonDeibert sign open letter to the Canadian Minister of AI and Minister of Industry rejecting the “National Sprint” on AI strategy. Read it here: t.co/JMzECul9Vn

“It’s astonishing how the industry is able to experiment on human populations with such far-reaching technology and largely unrestrained.” Citizen Lab director @RonDeibert discusses the ethical risks of AI in an interview with @financialpost. t.co/MOLCF7jXH7

Citizen Lab's Alberto Fittarelli speaks with @NegarMortazavi about Israel-linked influence operations pushing for regime change in #Iran. Listen to the new episode of the @IranPodcast here: t.co/RFXRl3TaWB

“It’s unprecedented to have such broad information-seizure powers be unaccompanied by judicial oversight.” @KateRobertson_ on the constitutional deficiencies of Bill C-8 in an interview with @TheHillTimes @ChristopherGuly #cdnpoli

Canada’s Bill C-8 (formerly Bill C-26) is proposed #cybersecurity legislation that proposes broad data collection & sharing powers, including warrantless information collection, and could also undermine encryption and communications security. t.co/it7xD0q9Q8

Citizen Lab founder & director @RonDeibert receives the Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy from @SFU

NEW REPORT: We uncovered a coordinated network of fake X profiles that has been spreading AI-generated content to induce revolt in #Iran. We call this network “PRISONBREAK”. Read the report ➡️ t.co/UfvKBA1cXS

JOB ALERT: Information Security Program Manager Apply by Sept 30 👇 t.co/tU3DhM0qDZ t.co/SpszWA16Kk

OPINION: "Canada's new Minister of AI must not be naive to its harms" @RonDeibert's latest oped in @globeandmail Read it here: t.co/MM04kIYVof

Excellent insights from @RonanFarrow on #ICE's reactivation of contract with Israeli #spyware firm Paragon.

Citizen Lab's @jsrailton talks with @drewharwell @washingtonpost about the unavoidable downsides of the UK's age-verification law.

Join the Citizen Lab’s @KateRobertson_ on Aug 27 at a webinar co-hosted by @ICLMG on Canada’s Bill C-2. She will be joined by privacy & migrant rights experts to discuss what’s at stake with 🇨🇦's “Strong Borders” Act. Register: t.co/DBNhN0FNKX

Writing for @policyoptions, the Citizen Lab’s @KateRobertson_ and Song-Ly Tran discuss how Canada’s outdated wiretap laws fail to protect Canadians from spyware abuse. Read it here: t.co/FMPBwU1WVR

This new article by the Citizen Lab's Gabby Lim (et al) in @techpolicypress examines the growth of economic power in the hands of private firms “incentivized to serve the surveillance state and further a new kind of space military-industrial complex.” Read it here: t.co/DXKszbu85f

New op-ed by @RonDeibert discusses the G7 Leaders’ Statement on countering transnational repression that was put forward last month. Read it in the @globeandmail t.co/U7QoFMR7Ya