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Job posting: Systems and Security Technical Lead

Reporting to the Director of Administration, Citizen Lab and working under the general direction of the Director, Citizen Lab in coordination with the University of Toronto’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), the Systems and Security Technical Lead is responsible for working with Information Technology staff and resources at Citizen Lab and the wider University to minimize risk of the compromising of information, data, servers, and server-based applications.

Call for applications: Information Controls Fellowship Program 2025

The Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) from the Open Technology Fund (OTF) fosters research, outputs, and creative collaboration on repressive Internet censorship and surveillance issues. We welcome proposals from fellowship candidates for research projects related to our current thematic areas.

Cynthia Khoo joins Online Harms and Cyberbullying Town Hall Panel on CPAC

On December 14, 2024, Cynthia Khoo, senior fellow at The Citizen Lab, participated in a CPAC Town Hall in Ottawa on Online Harms and Cyberbullying. Khoo emphasized that regulating online abuse is essential to protecting freedom of expression, particularly for marginalized communities. She explained that many individuals subjected to harassment, hate speech, and online threats… Read more »

Open letter to Sandvine requesting evidence of the adequacy and effectiveness of the announced reforms

The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert and senior researcher John Scott-Railton co-signed an open letter spearheaded by Access Now, calling on Sandvine to publicly commit to upholding the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and to strengthen oversight and transparency of the company’s announced reforms. On October 31, 2024, Access Now, along… Read more »