June 9, 2020
June 9, 2020 — A new report by researchers at the Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, reveals an enormous hack-for-hire operation that has targeted thousands of individuals and hundreds of institutions around the globe. Targets included advocacy...
Read full entryMay 7, 2020
May 7, 2020 — A new report by researchers at the Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, reveals that popular social media app WeChat surveils all users—even those with accounts registered outside of China—and uses messages from those...
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Toronto, March 3, 2020 — A new report by researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy reveals that keywords related to the coronavirus have been censored on two popular...
Read full entrySeptember 24, 2019
Toronto, September 24, 2019 – Researchers at the Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, have discovered the first documented case of one-click mobile exploits used to target groups in the Tibetan diaspora, reflecting an escalation in the sophistication of digital espionage...
Read full entryMarch 22, 2019
Toronto, March 21, 2019 – In many North American cities, municipal leaders have developed ambitious long-term transportation plans, yet local officials often concede that existing revenues streams are inadequate to finance such plans. Municipalities may lack either the legal authority...
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Toronto, January 10, 2019 – A new paper from the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy finds that the departments, firms, and companies that are at the heart...
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Next week, Canada will sign the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakesh, Morocco starting Monday, December 10th 2019. The non-binding document is the result of two years of international negotiation. It sets 23 distinct objectives for...
Read full entryApril 25, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, Canada (25 April 2018) — A new report by the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, investigates the global proliferation of Internet filtering systems manufactured by Netsweeper, a Canadian company based in Waterloo, Ontario....
Read full entryJanuary 3, 2018
For Immediate Release: January 3, 2018 (Toronto and Washington): Patricia Rubin, Chair of the Lionel Gelber Prize and The Lionel Gelber Foundation, and Randall Hansen, Interim Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, are pleased to announce the Jury...
Read full entryDecember 11, 2017
Toronto, ON – Many of us feel we could be doing more to stay safe online, but it can be hard to decide where to start and which advice to follow. At Citizen Lab, we track digital threats targeting civil...
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