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AI Surveillance Is Being Supercharged'And It Will Chill Social Progress
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (127+ words) The Citizen Lab In an op-ed for The Guardian, senior research fellow Jon Penney and co-author Bruce Schneier argue that widely deploying AI surveillance could be corrosive to democracy and social progress itself. Citing Penney's new book, Chilling Effects, they…...
Espionage Against the European Parliament: Member of Committee Investigating Spyware Hacked with Pegasus
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (933+ words) We found that former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on the PEGA committee, which investigated Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Through forensic analysis of his device, we found that…...
Canada Finally Has a National AI Strategy. Experts Hate It.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (118+ words) The Citizen Lab Senior fellow Cynthia Khoo writes that "pillars core to a functioning democracy are [being] reoriented around the false god of AI" in The Walrus. Khoo argues that Canada's new AI strategy pays little attention to regulations or…...
Luis Fernando Garc'a On State Surveillance in Latin America
3+ week, 5+ day ago (124+ words) The Citizen Lab Senior researcher Luis Fernando Garc'a participated in a Conversatorio Regional hosted by CELS, ODIA, Democracia en Red, and V'a Libre on "Technologies of state surveillance, democratic control, and protection of civil space." Fernando Garc'a spoke about the…...
Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs of Bill C-8
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (126+ words) The Citizen Lab On May 25, senior research associate Kate Robertson appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs to testify on Bill C-8. In her testimony, Robertson testified that targeted recommendations were needed to address constitutional…...
The Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1635+ words) (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access The Citizen Lab - SAAIA Creates an Untenable Risk to Privacy & Cybersecurity - Provisions on publicly available information & voluntary disclosure are inconsistent with Canadian Charter jurisprudence…...
Ron Deibert Speaks at the OSCE: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (123+ words) The Citizen Lab Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert recently spoke at the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II on Safeguarding Civil Space in the Digital Age. While the growth of the mercenary spyware industry is a major concern, Deibert noted…...
Chilling Effects in the Digital Age
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (184+ words) The Citizen Lab Senior research fellow Jon Penney spoke with Michael Geist on the Law Bytes podcast about his new book "Chilling Effects: Repression, Conformity, and Power in the Digital Age." Chilling effects refers to our tendencies to self-censor or…...
Kill Bill C-22: Says Civil Society to Parliament
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) The Citizen Lab A group of 25 rights and privacy organizations and experts delivered an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and every Member of Parliament calling for the full withdrawal of Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act. Among the signatories…...
Citizen Lab @ Rights Con
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (77+ words) The Citizen Lab This event is hosted by Access Now. Join the Citizen Lab at Rights Con this year from May 5-8 in Lusaka, Zambia. Senior legal advisor Siena Anstis will be hosting a roundtable with Access Now on "The digital…...