This webinar brings together Citizen Lab researchers with policy advisors, Women, Peace and Security (WPS) experts, and human rights defenders to reflect on twenty-five years of the WPS agenda in the age of digital repression. The discussion will explore how gender, technology, and authoritarianism intersect to shape women’s participation in peace and security, and how targets of gendered digital attacks and feminist movements are building resilience and reimagining women’s digital security for the next 25 years.

Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton is presenting in the panel titled “From Stasi to Spyware: Old Tactics, New Technology” at Berlin Freedom Week on November 12, 2025.

Join Citizen Lab founder and director Ron Deibert for a screening of the 1981 film “Blow Out” hosted by the Great Escape Bookstore.

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.”

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.

On August 6, join Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert for his keynote, “Chasing Shadows: Chronicles of Counter-Intelligence from the Citizen Lab,” at Black Hat 2025.

On June 28, join Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert, author of Chasing Shadows, for this book talk at the Toronto International Festival of Authors.

On June 29 at REcon, 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 leveraged the vulnerability to gain code execution after boot, and explain how the vulnerability was mitigated. 

On June 9, join the Citizen Lab’s Emile Dirks to discuss China’s influence, interference, and repression in Canada.

Join The Citizen Lab’s Ron Deibert virtually or in person at one of these upcoming events to celebrate the release of his new book Chasing Shadows: Cyberespionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy.   Event dates March 10, San Francisco Hosted by City Lights Bookstore Get tickets March 15, Vancouver Hosted by the Vancouver… Read more »