[Application deadline: Dec 1, 2026] Under the supervision of the senior legal advisor, the research assistant will assist with maintaining a spyware litigation database. This work will involve conduct...

The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.

Signal and provider of web-browser Firefox say bill still poses threat to their users’ privacy

Psiphon, which helps people living in oppressive regimes evade online censorship, says Bill C-22 would compel it to help build a surveillance system in this country

The Citizen Lab submitted a response to the Research Directorate at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

As the municipal election continues, a malaise hangs over Toronto. The problems we face are far bigger than one city can solve.

Good news: your community elected a councillor and even a mayor who share your vision for the city. Then the province steps in.

Ford’s war on bike lanes is a culture war. From protests to narrowing roads, here is how Toronto can fight back.

Noam Chomsky – friend of Epstein, defender of dictatorships – was no model anti-imperialist. Can we do better?

In 1987 Taiwan finally lifted martial law after nearly four decades of authoritarian rule

The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.

Calls for Papers Here you can find the call for papers for the journal issues we are currently working on. The initial pitches should be no longer than 300 words and explain the key argument of your p...

The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau probe corroborates ICIJ and Citizen Lab’s findings that attacks against journalists were part of a coordinated espionage campaign sponsored by Beijing.

A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration is divulging details of Iranian asylum seekers to the government of Iran.

The arrest of American Min Zin in China, apparently over his influential analysis of China's interests in Myanmar, is a warning

Authoritarians actively threaten, intimidate, and murder exiles and opponents wherever they find them. While justice for victims is hard won, it is possible. Here is how democracies can push back.

We analyzed Russian activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone, finding that Russian authorities used forensic extraction tools made by Cellebrite to gain access to his device. A document prepared by Russian a...

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Toronto's Anti-Punk Land Use Planning System

If the shadow of every ID check is permission, then the shadow of digital ID systems is the ability to deny permissions in more places, more often, and with less friction.

First African nation to host the global oceans conference defends deportations, saying it 'recognises only one China'.

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