1/ NEW REPORT: We find that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to gain access to activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone. Full brief: https://t.co/KFaRMZREli
Senior research associate @emiledirks has been elected to serve as a member of @PENCanada's board of directors, chairing the newly-formed Digital Threats committee to explore how digital and emerging technologies are impacting freedom of expression in Canada and around the world: https://t.co/fMk3QnQGAR
1/ NEW REPORT: We find that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to gain access to activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone. Full brief: https://t.co/KFaRMZREli
4/ This is just the latest in a long line of abuses of Cellebrite’s technology by autocrats around the globe, including against activists in Kenya and Jordan earlier this year: https://t.co/B8onzaee5C
WATCH: We're building the most dictator-ready tech in history.
Why? Meet the frontier AI trilemma. You can:
1️⃣Operate globally
2️⃣Comply with restrictive 'safety' laws
3️⃣Serve unrestricted cognition
But you can only pick 2!
Given US directive suspending Fable 5 & Mythos, I think state control is coming even faster than I predicted last week.
Senior fellow Cynthia Khoo writes that Canada's new AI strategy is reorienting democratic functions "around the false god of AI" in @thewalrus https://t.co/5qRQZf4Ssh
Senior researcher Luis Fernando García participated in a Conversatorio Regional hosted by @FViaLibre on “Technologies of state surveillance, democratic control, and protection of civil space.”
Watch here: https://t.co/oMAjCB4Xk9.
As part of World Press Freedom Day 2026, senior legal advisor Siena Anstis will be speaking on a webinar titled “Media Under Attack,” part of @FPCThinkTank "Freedom Under Threat” series.
Register: https://t.co/7h9Ki5iyCL
It was a pleasure to speak with @iMEdD_org and @pfronista about the work of the @citizenlab while in Athens, Greece.
"Surveillance capitalism, counterintelligence for civil society, and journalism: a conversation with Citizen Lab’s founder"
https://t.co/zxgLm8fm92
"We believe students aren’t protesting for a very simple reason: They are afraid. They are self-censoring and disengaging from campaign activism to avoid punitive measures," writes senior research fellow @jon_penney in his new essay w/ Bruce Schneier for @ConversationUS.
https://t.co/buRRmFqgwo
Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) & I have a new essay out in @ConversationUS on the Trump admin's strategy of weaponizing law, technology, & surveillance to chill protest, dissent, & political opposition.
In other words, the chilling effects are the point
https://t.co/ZVaFDMbFTJ
Senior research associate @KateRobertson_ writes for @thewalrus about the potential implications of Canada’s proposed Bill C-22 for future data-sharing agreements with foreign law enforcement agencies.
https://t.co/0EDbEC7Da6
NEW: we caught 🇨🇳Chinese hackers... again.
Twist: they're hacking journalists & activists, but we suspect they're private contractors.
State repression... with a profit margin.
Thread + how to protect yourself 1/
By us @citizenlab in collab w/@ICIJorg
ChatGPT Is Banned In China. Beijing’s Spies Are Still Using It. via @forbes https://t.co/Ogqdh98mZp @iblametom on our @citizenlab / @ICIJorg investigation 👇
Thanks for having me on @NPR@npratc to talk with Rob Schmitz about our new @citizenlab report on Webloc, and advertising intelligence in general
https://t.co/Rk7nX1l4dP
These operations point to a shift toward a Military-Civil Fusion model, in which state-aligned objectives are pursued through state-sponsored attacks carried out by private contractors.
NEW REPORT🔎 In collaboration with @ICIJorg, we identified two distinct actors aligned with the People’s Republic of China that have been targeting and impersonating journalists and civil society.
Full report 👇
https://t.co/22nNnED9AQ
The dual targeting of ICIJ by two distinct actors–using different tactics and tradecraft–offers rare insight into China’s broader approach to digital transnational repression.