Jason Q. Ng quoted in AFP on Weibo IPO
Citizen Lab Research Fellow Jason Q. Ng was quoted in a recent story about Chinese microblogging platform Weibo.
Mapping the Canadian Government’s Telecommunications Surveillance
In this post we analyze the partial disclosures concerning Canada’s federal agencies’ domestic telecommunications surveillance practices. We argue that key federal agencies remain unaccountable to Parliamentarians and the Canadian public alike, and that accountability measures are urgently needed for Canadians to understand the extent of their federal government’s surveillance activities.
Morgan Marquis-Boire at RightsCon
Citizen Lab Security Researcher Morgan Marquis Boire attended RightsCon in San Francisco where he gave a talk on the Surveillance Landscape.
Morgan Marquis Boire comments on Turkey’s Twitter ban
Citizen Lab Senior Security Researcher Morgan Marquis-Boire commented on the recent Twitter blocking in Turkey in The Washington Post and the Spanish edition of BBC News.
Cyber Steward Shahzad Ahmad Wins Freedom of Expression Award
Cyber Steward Shahzad Ahmad, Director of Bytes for All (B4A), has won the Doughty Street Advocacy Award as part of Index on Censorship’s 2014 Freedom of Expression Awards. Ahmad was nominated in the advocacy category which recognizes activists fighting for free expression around the world.