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Middle East and North Africa CyberWatch – April 2013
This edition of the Middle East and North Africa CyberWatch discusses censorship and filtering, surveillance, blogger and netizen arrests and more.
Social Media CyberWatch – April 2013
This Social Media CyberWatch looks at various legislative updates to privacy law, as well as other social media tracking activities.
Southeast Asia CyberWatch – April 2013
This edition of the Southeast Asia CyberWatch contains featured news update on the Malaysian election, as well as from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Jason Q. Ng is the 2013 Google Policy Fellow
Jason Q. Ng is a graduate student in East Asian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Blocked on Weibo, a book about censorship and sensitive topics in Chinese social media.
Senior Researcher Helmi Noman on the Syrian Electronic Army
Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Helmi Noman spoke to media this week about the Syrian Electronic Army and the latest hacking of the Associated Press’ verified Twitter account.
Director Ron Deibert interviewed by Wall Street Journal
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert spoke about how repressive governments around the world have been getting assistance from Western technology companies.
Research Fellow John Scott-Railton interviewed by CIC
The 2013 Munk School Graduate Student Conference, A World In Flux, asked participants to think through the mobility of conflict in new ways.
PI files for judicial review of HMRC refusal to reveal state of investigation into Gamma International
Privacy International have filed an application for judicial review of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) refusal to release information about the potentially unlawful export of Gamma International’s FinFisher surveillance technology.