In an article published by the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Citizen Lab senior researcher Noura Aljizawi discusses the leak of personal data of Syrian refugees in Türkiye and the severe impact on their lives.

The Citizen Lab’s Emile Dirks will present at the upcoming APSA 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition as part of a panel discussing how autocrats and aspiring autocrats capture social institutions and stifle counter-mobilization. At the event, Dirks will present a working paper co-authored with Diana Fu, associate professor of political science at the University of… Read more »

Join The Citizen Lab and the UC Berkeley Centre for Long-Term Cybersecurity for a webinar where researchers Noura Al-Jizawi, Gözde Böcü, and Nicola Lawford will present their research, “Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience for Transnational Dissidents.”

In an article for Lawfare, The Citizen Lab’s senior research associate Kate Robertson analyzes how, in its current form,  the draft treaty is poised “to become a vehicle for complicity in the global mercenary spy trade.”

In this talk at the DEF CON 32 convention on August 11, Jeffrey Knockel and Mona Wang will discuss how any network eavesdropper may read the keystrokes of popular Chinese IME keyboard users.

United States Vice President Kamala Harris is at the center of an online disinformation storm after President Joe Biden’s endorsement. Sexual slurs, doctored images and disinformation surged online as she emerged as the Democratic frontrunner for the upcoming US elections. “We should expect a full spectrum of disinformation,” warned Ron Deibert, giving a glimpse of… Read more »

In response to a call for input issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, Emile Dirks, research associate at The Citizen Lab, prepared a written submission underlining the legal and human rights implications of the collection and usage of biometric recognition data by the People’s Republic of China.

The Citizen Lab’s director Ron Deibert and researchers Lex Gill and Noura Aljizawi are slated to speak at CBC Ideas Week, part of the Stratford Festival, on July 18 and July 20. In panel discussions moderated by CBC Ideas’ host Nahlah Ayed, they will explore efforts throughout history to imagine new possibilities and make them… Read more »

Activists and dissidents living in Canada are impacted by digital transnational repression (DTR) – a tool used by authoritarian governments to continue to harass and intimidate individuals online, even after leaving their country of origin. Join this online event hosted by the Montreal Institute of Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), where the Citizen Lab’s… Read more »

“What separates benign foreign influence from malign interference? And if foreign-owned platforms like TikTok are used for both interference and influence, how should we respond?” In this piece for Brookings, Diana Fu, associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto and Emile Dirks, research associate at the Citizen Lab, discuss issues like soft… Read more »