In an interview with What Bitcoin Did, Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton discusses the proliferation of spyware and the repercussions of its use on victims. He explains how mass surveillance “ultimately leads to self-censorship,” with significant implications for our freedom. Watch here.
A new U.K. age-verification law aimed to protect children can push people to seedier parts of the web. Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton spoke with the Washington Post about the “law of unintended consequences” faced by regulators. The law “suppresses traffic to compliant platforms while driving users to sites without age verification,” says Scott-Railton…. Read more »
Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton confirms that FlexiSPY spyware was installed on two Kenyan filmmakers’ phones while the devices were in police custody.
Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert’s new op-ed in the Globe and Mail argues that AI should be subject to more regulation, not less.
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Join Citizen Lab founder and director Ron Deibert for a screening of the 1981 film “Blow Out” hosted by the Great Escape Bookstore.
Transnational repression is a serious threat to human rights. Over the past decade, the Citizen Lab has published numerous reports examining transnational repression (TNR) across the globe, focusing specifically on its digital forms. In response to increasing accounts of foreign governments reaching across borders to harass and silence people in the United Kingdom, the UK’s… Read more »
Join the Citizen Lab’s Noura Aljizawi, Gabrielle Lim, and Jon Penney at the American Political Science Association 2025 annual meeting for their presentation of “The Three Faces of Transnational Repression.”
Ahead of his keynote at Black Hat USA, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert spoke with TechCrunch reporter Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai about what he describes as a “descent into a kind of fusion of tech and fascism.”
On August 21, join Citizen Lab founder and director Ron Deibert as he explores the Lab’s groundbreaking work on digital security, surveillance, and human rights, drawing insights from his book Chasing Shadows.
