Code of Conduct Resources
Reflections and resources on developing a code of conduct for the Citizen Lab Summer Institute.
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Citizen Lab Summer Institute Code of Conduct
The Citizen Lab Summer Institute (CLSI) is an inclusive event where people should feel comfortable sharing their work, opinions, and perspectives. All of us commit to engaging with each other mindfully to ensure an environment that promotes shared learning and collaboration.
IMSI Catcher Report Calls for Transparency, Proportionality, and Minimization Policies
This report investigates the surveillance capabilities of IMSI Catchers, efforts by states to prevent information relating to IMSI Catchers from entering the public record, and the legal and policy frameworks that govern the use of these devices. The report principally focuses on Canadian agencies but, to do so, draws comparative examples from other jurisdictions. The report concludes with a series of recommended transparency and control mechanisms that are designed to properly contain the use of the devices and temper their more intrusive features.
Publications
Research Reports Director Ron Deibert’s blog posts provide summaries and analysis of The Citizen Lab research reports and can be found here. John Scott-Railton, Rebekah Brown, Ksenia Ermoshina, and Ron Deibert. “Rivers of Phish: Sophisticated Phishing Targets Russia’s Perceived Enemies Around the Globe,” The Citizen Lab Report No. 177, University of Toronto, August 14, 2024…. Read more »
People
Director Ronald J. Deibert Professor of Political Science, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Director email: ron at citizenlab.ca (pgp) Staff and Research Fellows Bahr Abdul Razzak Security Researcher email: bahr at citizenlab.ca (pgp) Mohamed Ahmed Research Assistant email: mohamed.ahmed at citizenlab.ca Noura Al-Jizawi Senior Researcher email: noura at citizenlab.ca David Annable Systems… Read more »
Submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security: Charter analysis concerning cybersecurity and telecommunications reform in Bill C-26
On June 14, 2022, Bill C-26, an Act respecting cybersecurity, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced into Parliament for the first reading by Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino. Hearings on Bill C-26 are scheduled to begin in SECU (the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and… Read more »
Bada Bing, Bada Boom: Microsoft Bing’s Chinese Political Censorship of Autosuggestions in North America
We consistently found that Bing censors politically sensitive Chinese names over time, that their censorship spans multiple Chinese political topics, consists of at least two languages—English and Chinese—and applies to different world regions, including China, the United States, and Canada.
Consultation on the IPC’s Strategic Priorities
In order to contribute to the IPC’s deliberations in the triaging of its strategic priorities, this submission serves to provide particularized input with respect to the IPC’s public interest mandate in the oversight of law enforcement authorities when it comes to the use of algorithmic policing technology in Ontario.
Jennie Phillips on Digital Humanitarian Activism and Risk
As part of her ongoing research on developing resilience in high-risk digital crisis response networks, Citizen Lab doctoral fellow Jennie Phillips will be speaking at a number of events.
Internet Filtering in a Failed State: The Case of Netsweeper in Somalia
A new Citizen Lab report has found that Canada-based Netsweeper filtering products have been identified on three ISPs in Somalia.