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Investigations into the prevalence and impact of digital espionage operations against civil society groups.

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Digital Transnational Repression Explained

Citizen Lab produced an animated explainer video on digital transnational repression in Canada that also highlight some of the stories of the interviewees while also protecting their identities.

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Senior fellow Lex Gill delivers testimony to the Foreign Interference Commission

Lex Gill, senior fellow at The Citizen Lab, delivered impactful comments to the Foreign Interference Commission at the public consultation hearing for the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions this October. She argues that concerns regarding foreign interference cannot be used to justify rights-infringing powers for Canada’s national security… Read more »

Something to Remember Us By: Device Confiscated by Russian Authorities Returned with Monokle-Type Spyware Installed

Key Findings  This joint investigation with First Department, a legal assistance organization, found spyware covertly implanted on a phone returned to a Russian programmer accused of sending money to Ukraine after he was released from custody. He describes being subjected to beatings and an intense effort to recruit him as an informant for the Russian… Read more »

無處可逃:以數碼跨境鎮壓為目的的性別問題武器化

本研究基於來自 24 個國家、居住在 23 個庇護國的 85 位女性人權捍衛者的真實經歷,探討性別與性取向如何在數碼跨境鎮壓中作為關鍵因素。我們將跨境鎮壓中此一特定向度稱為「基於性別的數碼跨境鎮壓」。

Pas d’échappatoire : La militarisation du genre à des fins de répression numérique transnationale

Ce document est une traduction informelle de certaines sections du rapport, en particulier l’introduction, un résumé de haut niveau de nos conclusions et des recommandations politiques. Ce n’est pas une traduction complète du rapport et, en tant que traduction informelle, elle peut contenir des inexactitudes. Cette traduction n’a pour but que de fournir une compréhension… Read more »