Senior researcher Alberto Fittarelli spoke with the New York Times about the double threat of AI-produced disinformation.
On March 23, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert will appear before the House of Commons to testify on transnational repression.
Italian prosecutors have confirmed the hacking of journalist Francesco Cancellato, who was alerted of a suspected attack last year.
The Citizen Lab has submitted an input on digital transnational repression to the OHCHR report on ‘Protecting Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age’.
Citizen Lab senior researcher Irene Poetranto writes for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about surveillance in Myanmar.
Senior researcher Wolfie Christl spoke with Forbes about OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon that permits the gathering of bulk data from users.
Senior researcher and co-author of the report, Noura Aljizawi, speaks to the Fuller Project about the ways gender is weaponized to silence women.
In a policy brief for the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Citizen Lab researchers argue that the Canadian government must do more to protect diaspora members from transnational repression. In the face of powerful authoritarian states and new surveillance capabilities, Canada’s domestic and foreign policy has hindered its ability to respond to threats of transnational […]
This event is hosted by Osgoode Law School Join Jonathon Penney, Osgoode Law School professor and Citizen Lab senior research fellow, on March 12 for the launch of his new book, Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age. The book advances a new theory of how technology and power create repression and […]
A Greek court sentenced four Intellexa executives to prison for their role in a 2022 scandal that involved the use of Predator spyware against more than 90 public figures in the country. Citizen Lab researchers first published evidence of Predator spyware in Greece in late 2021. The Lab later analyzed the phones of journalist Thanasis […]