Ksenia Ermoshina Joins as OTF Fellow
Ksenia will be studying information controls in the region of Crimea after its annexation and information operations in the context of Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict.
Ksenia will be studying information controls in the region of Crimea after its annexation and information operations in the context of Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict.
End-to-end encrypted messaging is effective at protecting the content of your messages from being read as they travel across the Internet to your friends and family. This is why the Citizen Lab has released Secure Your Chats: a Net Alert resource that outlines how to safely use end-to-end encryption.
加拿大多倫多大學公民實驗室(Citizen Lab)研究表明微信從一年多前就開始屏蔽與“十九大”有關的關鍵詞,隨著十九大日期逼近,該關鍵詞庫也在不斷更新。關鍵詞涵蓋內容非常廣泛,不僅包括了批評性言論,許多對中央政策和黨意識形態的中性指稱也被過濾。
加拿大多伦多大学公民实验室(Citizen Lab)研究表明微信从一年多前就开始屏蔽与“十九大”有关的关键词,随着十九大日期逼近,该关键词库也在不断更新。关键词涵盖内容非常广泛,不仅包括了批评性言论,许多对中央政策和党意识形态的中性指称也被过滤。
The 19th National Communist Party Congress was held from October 18-24 2017. WeChat, China’s most popular chat app, blocked a broad range of content related to the Congress.
In preparation for the Special Rapporteur’s presentation to the UNHRC next June, the submission reviews some of the barriers to addressing problems of technology-facilitated violence, abuse, and harassment against women and girls; contextualizes the complicated environment within which online harassment operates; and suggests recommendations to address, mitigate, and remedy these issues.
Several Citizen Lab reports have highlighted the digital threats that journalists face. In the past year alone, we’ve investigated three separate cases where journalists and news outlets have been the targets of online harassment, manipulation, and persecution.
Citizen Lab Research Fellow Lex Gill will be speaking at the University of Waterloo on October 27 as part of their CrySP Speaker Series on Privacy.
Citizen Lab Research Fellow Ramy Raoof has recently joined the Board of Directors for the Tor Project. Raoof will bring his background as a technologist and security researcher to help the organization establish and strengthen mechanisms for community participation and transparency.