Who Watches the Watchers?

Date Published

June 12, 2026

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Ron Deibert

Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert spoke to Politiken about the spyware industry, calling it “a symptom that something is fundamentally wrong.” 

He notes that the process of “turning surveillance into a business model” is “the core of the problem and the beginning of a vicious cycle ending in the erosion of our democracy.”

Deibert also spoke to JETZT, Die Presse, and iMEdD and about his trajectory and work with the Citizen Lab.