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The Citizen Lab is an academic research group at @UofT focusing on the intersection of technologies, human rights and global security.

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Join us on MAY 21 for a hybrid workshop to explore digital sovereignty, the methodologies for its study, and the global trend around sovereignty in the digital world. Featuring presentations by the Citizen Lab’s Ksenia Ermoshina, Jeffrey Knockel, Bill Marczak, and Irene

Join us on MAY 21 for a hybrid workshop to explore digital sovereignty, the methodologies for its study, and the global trend around sovereignty in the digital world. 

Featuring presentations by the Citizen Lab’s Ksenia Ermoshina, Jeffrey Knockel, Bill Marczak, and Irene
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What exactly sets foreign interference apart from influence? On June 9, join the Citizen Lab’s Emile Dirks for an online session that will explore the evolving landscape of China’s transnational influence and repression efforts. Hosted by Canada China Forum Register here:

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Circumventing internet censorship in Indonesia is growing more challenging. The Citizen Lab’s Irene P. Poetranto examines Indonesia’s use of DNS redirection to censor online content and discusses its impact on free expression in her new essay published by Carnegie Endowment. Read it here:

Circumventing internet censorship in Indonesia is growing more challenging. 

The Citizen Lab’s <a href="/irenepoet/">Irene P. Poetranto</a> examines Indonesia’s use of DNS redirection to censor online content and discusses its impact on free expression in her new essay published by <a href="/CarnegieEndow/">Carnegie Endowment</a>.

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NEW: Italy admits hacking activists with #Paragon spyware. Blow to the reputation of a mercenary spyware company that marketed itself as an ethically clean anti-NSO. But the official investigation doesn't answer a big mystery that's bad for #Italy & Paragon 1/.. By Omer Benjakob

NEW: Italy admits hacking activists with #Paragon spyware.

Blow to the reputation of a mercenary spyware company that marketed itself as an ethically clean anti-NSO.

But the official investigation doesn't answer a big mystery that's bad for #Italy &amp; Paragon 1/..

By <a href="/omerbenj/">Omer Benjakob</a>
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NEW: #Italy's spyware scandal just deepened. Just days ago, #Italy claimed to not know who targeted Journalist Francesco Cancellato with #Paragon spyware. But now the spyware company is dropping heavy hints that this wasn't the full story👇 x.com/omerbenj/statu…

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🚨NEW INVESTIGATION: We just forensically unmasked #Paragon's Apple spyware. Zero-click targets: Journalists. In 🇪🇺Europe. Like 🇮🇹Italian reporter Ciro Pellegrino. Reopen's #Italy's spyware scandal. Follows our The Citizen Lab investigation of their Android spyware. 1/

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION:  We just forensically unmasked #Paragon's Apple spyware.

Zero-click targets: Journalists. In 🇪🇺Europe.

Like 🇮🇹Italian reporter <a href="/ciropellegrino/">Ciro Pellegrino</a>. 

Reopen's #Italy's spyware scandal.

Follows our <a href="/citizenlab/">The Citizen Lab</a> investigation of their Android spyware. 1/
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NEW REPORT: Our forensic analysis confirms ✅ two more European journalists targeted with Paragon's Graphite spyware. Read it here: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/first-…

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Great thread by my The Citizen Lab colleague Bill Marczak about our latest #Paragon Graphite spyware investigation. Bill's smoking gun discovery led to the first ever attribution of Paragon's Apple spyware.👇

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There are plenty of reasons to be concerned with Canada's 🇨🇦 new proposed border security legislation Fortunately we have Kate Robertson The Citizen Lab to untangle them. See below for the extended analysis 🔽

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🚨NEW REPORT: exposing a new hacking tactic. 🇷🇺Russian state-backed hackers used an App-Specific Password attack against prominent Russia expert Keir Giles & others. It's like they know what we all expect from them...and then did the opposite 1/ By us The Citizen Lab & @google's

🚨NEW REPORT: exposing a new hacking tactic.

🇷🇺Russian state-backed hackers used an App-Specific Password attack against prominent Russia expert <a href="/KeirGiles/">Keir Giles</a> &amp; others. 

It's like they know what we all expect from them...and then did the opposite  1/

By us <a href="/citizenlab/">The Citizen Lab</a> &amp; @google's