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“一APP两制”：微信如何区别审查中国及海外用户
多伦多大学公民实验室的最新报告揭露了微信平台的审查机制。微信是中国腾讯控股有限公司旗下的即时通讯应用，目前是中国最受欢迎的聊天软件之一，也是全球排名第四的最流行聊天软件
One App, Two Systems: How WeChat uses one censorship policy in China and another internationally
In this report we provide the first systematic study of keyword and website censorship on WeChat, the most popular chat app in China
Harmonized Histories? A year of fragmented censorship across Chinese live streaming applications
In this report, we reverse engineer three popular live streaming platforms (YY, Sina Show, and 9158) and find keyword lists used to censor chat messages. Tracking changes to the keyword lists over the past year gives an inside look into how these applications implement censorship
Tender Confirmed, Rights At Risk: Verifying Netsweeper in Bahrain
In this report, we confirm the use of the services of Canadian company Netsweeper, Inc. to censor access to the Internet in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
On Research in the Public Interest
The following is a statement from Citizen Lab Director, Ron Deibert, concerning a defamation suit recently filed, and then discontinued by Netsweeper against the University of Toronto and Ron Deibert.