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Canada · Canada

Marcus Michaelsen on the Impacts of Transnational Repression: Interview by Stockholm Center for Freedom - The Citizen Lab

What’s stopping diaspora members from speaking up against the government in their home country? In an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), Citizen Lab senior researcher Marcus Michaelsen discusses digital transnational repression (DTR) and its impacts on diasporas worldwide. Read the interview.Read Article

United Nations · Toronto

The Citizen Lab’s Submission to the UN on Universal Birth Registration and the Use of Digital Technologies - The Citizen Lab

In August 2024, the Citizen Lab’s Verónica Arroyo, Emma Carter (pseudonym), Moses Karanja, Kate Robertson, and Emile Dirks prepared a submission in response to a call for inputs issued by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on universal birth registration and the use of digital technologies. The OHCHR recently released their report, which cites the Lab’s submission twice. The authors highlight the dangerou…Read Article

Toronto, ON · Toronto

Canada’s Outdated Laws Leave Spyware Oversight Dangerously Weak - The Citizen Lab

Recent research from Citizen Lab marked the first time a Canadian police service was directly linked to the mercenary spyware industry. The report identified the Ontario Provincial Police as a possible customer of a spyware company called Paragon Solutions. In a new piece for Policy Options, senior research associate Kate Robertson and legal extern Song-Ly Tran discuss how outdated protections in Canada’s decades old wiretap laws fail to protect…Read Article

A Match Made in the Heavens: The Surveillance State and the “New Space” Economy - The Citizen Lab

This new piece co-authored by the Citizen Lab’s Gabrielle Lim discusses the risks of privatized space technology. She and her co-authors highlight that the issue is not private-sector involvement, but the concentration of power in the hands of a few private firms that are “incentivized to serve the surveillance state and further a new kind of space military-industrial complex.” Read it in Tech Policy Press This article is co-written by Gabriell…Toronto, ON · Toronto Read Article

The G7 condemned transnational repression, but will Canada meet its own commitments?

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

A statement against this practice was a welcome sight, but will mean very little without concrete actionG7 · Canada See the Story

Canada’s Secret Wars: Cold War Spies to Digital Surveillance with Ron Deibert & Donald Mahar - The Citizen Lab

This event is hosted by the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) 2025 When: June 28, 2025, 1:30pm – 2:30pm EDT Where: Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7 Tickets required On June 28, join Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert, author of Chasing Shadows, for “Canada’s Secret Wars: Cold War Spies to Digital Surveillance with Ronald Deibert & Donald Mahar” at TIFA 2025. This book talk will examine Canada’s quiet hi…Toronto, ON · Toronto Read Article

True Costs of Misinformation: The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws - The Citizen Lab

In the past decade, we have seen a significant shift in how governments talk about misinformation. Many countries now consider or intentionally frame misinformation as a matter of national security or public safety in order to justify the passage of new laws that impose penalties for the spread of information deemed false or other administrative or regulatory requirements. . What explains this sudden rise in global misinformation laws, and what…Toronto, ON · Toronto Read Article

A Trip to Ancient BABYLON: Unearthing a 2017 Pegasus Persistence Exploit - The Citizen Lab

This event is part of REcon 2025 When: June 29, 2025, 10:00 am EDT Where: Grand Salon, Hilton Double Tree, downtown Montreal, Canada Registration: Tickets required Citizen Lab senior researcher Bill Marczak and co-presenter Daniel Roethlisberger will recount how they discovered a Pegasus exploit targeting iOS 10 devices back in 2017. They will describe their investigation, analyze the root cause of the vulnerability, detail how the exploit lever…Montreal · Montreal Read Article

Russian APT29 Exploits Gmail App Passwords to Bypass 2FA in Targeted Phishing Campaign

Threat actors with suspected ties to Russia have been observed taking advantage of a Google account feature called application specific passwords (or app passwords) as part of a novel social engineering tactic designed to gain access to victims' emails. Details of the highly targeted campaign were disclosed by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and the Citizen Lab, stating the activityGoogle · Russia See the Story

Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab

57% Left coverage: 14 sources

U.S.-Canada Relations · Ottawa See the Story

Citizen Lab Confirms Paragon Spyware Infections of Two European Journalists

53% Center coverage: 32 sources

Politics · Italy See the Story

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Marcus Michaelsen on the Impacts of Transnational Repression: Interview by Stockholm Center for Freedom - The Citizen Lab

The Citizen Lab’s Submission to the UN on Universal Birth Registration and the Use of Digital Technologies - The Citizen Lab

Canada’s Outdated Laws Leave Spyware Oversight Dangerously Weak - The Citizen Lab

A Match Made in the Heavens: The Surveillance State and the “New Space” Economy - The Citizen Lab

The G7 condemned transnational repression, but will Canada meet its own commitments?

Canada’s Secret Wars: Cold War Spies to Digital Surveillance with Ron Deibert & Donald Mahar - The Citizen Lab

True Costs of Misinformation: The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws - The Citizen Lab

A Trip to Ancient BABYLON: Unearthing a 2017 Pegasus Persistence Exploit - The Citizen Lab

Russian APT29 Exploits Gmail App Passwords to Bypass 2FA in Targeted Phishing Campaign

Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab

Citizen Lab Confirms Paragon Spyware Infections of Two European Journalists

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A Match Made in the Heavens: The Surveillance State and the “New Space” Economy - The Citizen Lab

The G7 condemned transnational repression, but will Canada meet its own commitments?

Canada’s Secret Wars: Cold War Spies to Digital Surveillance with Ron Deibert & Donald Mahar - The Citizen Lab

True Costs of Misinformation: The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws - The Citizen Lab

A Trip to Ancient BABYLON: Unearthing a 2017 Pegasus Persistence Exploit - The Citizen Lab

Russian APT29 Exploits Gmail App Passwords to Bypass 2FA in Targeted Phishing Campaign

Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab

Citizen Lab Confirms Paragon Spyware Infections of Two European Journalists