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Cyber Stewards at the Stockholm Internet Forum 2013

The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) hosted the Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF) this week to discuss how to foster freedom and openness on the Internet and promote economic and social development.

Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace

Authored by Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert, Black Code lifts the lid on cyberspace and shows what’s at stake for Internet users and citizens. This book will be released on 21 May 2013.

For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying

Citizen Lab is pleased to announce the release of “For Their Eyes Only: The Commercialization of Digital Spying.”  The report features new findings, as well as consolidating a year of our research on the commercial market for offensive computer network intrusion capabilities developed by Western companies.

Research News

Censoring a commemoration: What June 4-related search terms are blocked on Weibo today

As citizens in China commemorate the twenty-fourth anniversary of June 4th today, we identified 71 keywords that are currently blocked from searching on Sina Weibo.

Not by Technical Means Alone: The Multidisciplinary Challenge of Studying Information Controls

Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Adam Senft and Ron Deibert contribute an article to a special issue of IEEE Internet Computing on Internet Censorship and Controls.
Access the article on SSRN here.

Latin America and the Caribbean CyberWatch – May 2013

This edition of the Latin America and the Caribbean CyberWatch covers related developments from Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Mexico, Jamaica, and Chile.

Middle East and North Africa CyberWatch – May 2013

This edition of the Middle East and North Africa CyberWatch discusses censorship and filtering, surveillance, blogger and netizen arrests and more.

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Cyber Stewards at the Stockholm Internet Forum 2013

June 14, 2013 – 5:47 am

The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) hosted the Stockholm Internet Forum (SIF) this week to discuss how to foster freedom and openness on the Internet and promote economic and social development.

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert on Black Code

June 14, 2013 – 4:59 am

Professor Deibert talked about the upcoming challenges in cyberspace, and the desire to write a book that presents to the general public some of the work that is behind the Citizen Lab.

Black Code reviewed

June 13, 2013 – 4:12 pm

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert’s new book, Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace, was reviewed in the National Post.

Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert talks about the NSA spying scandal

June 13, 2013 – 7:18 am

On Friday, 7 June, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert spoke to Matt Galloway of CBC Radio’s Metro Morning show about the NSA spying scandal.

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