Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert and Senior Researcher Sarah McKune wrote an editorial in the 6 February edition of the Toronto Star. Titled “Teachers’ pension plan invests in Internet surveillance firm,” the editorial connects the investment group that manages the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) with Blue Coat Systems, “a U.S.-based company that derives revenue from provision of technology that can be used for Internet censorship and surveillance to countries with poor and at times condemnable records on freedom of expression, access to information, and other human rights.”

Read the op-ed.