GLA2010H The Geopolitics of Information and Communication Technologies The GLA2010H course is an intensive examination of the ways in which states and non-state actors are contesting the newly evolving terrain of global digital-electronic-telecommunications. Topics covered include Internet censorship and surveillance, information warfare, computer network attacks, hacktivism, and governance of global communications. The course is organized… Read more »
Director Ron Deibert gave a talk titled “The global battle for the future of cyberspace” in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands, on 22 November at 3 PM. Deibert spoke alongside Marietje Schaake, a member of the European Parliament, and William H. Dutton, a Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford…. Read more »
Research Reports Director Ron Deibert’s blog posts provide summaries and analysis of Citizen Lab research reports and can be found here. Alberto Fittarelli. “PAPERWALL: Chinese Websites Posing as Local News Outlets Target Global Audiences with Pro-Beijing Content.” Citizen Lab Report No. 174, University of Toronto, February 7, 2024. https://citizenlab.ca/2024/02/paperwall-chinese-websites-posing-as-local-news-outlets-with-pro-beijing-content/. Jeffrey Knockel, and Emile Dirks. “Chinese… Read more »
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 »
The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security. We use a “mixed methods” approach to research combining practices… Read more »
Researchers at the Information Warfare Monitor uncovered a suspected cyber espionage network of over 1,295 infected hosts in 103 countries. This finding comes at the close of a 10-month investigation of alleged Chinese cyber spying against Tibetan institutions that consisted of fieldwork, technical scouting, and laboratory analysis. Close to 30% of the infected hosts are… Read more »
Nice little profile of Hacktivism, including a very funny picture of Oxblood and a rather menacing picture of ProfD
Read the New York Times article on hacktivism involving Lab member Nart Villeneuve and Prof. Deibert. It was also repeated in the International Herald Tribune, the Straits Times and the Minneapolis-St. Paul StarTribune. (Articles are archived at the Citizen Lab)
