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Italian Prosecutors Confirm Journalist Was Hacked with Paragon Spyware
https://citizenlab.ca/italian-prosecutors-confirm-journalist-was-hacked-with-paragon-spyware/
Submission to the OHCHR: Protecting Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age
OpenAI Blurs Its Mass Surveillance Red Line With New Pentagon Contract
https://citizenlab.ca/openai-blurs-its-mass-surveillance-red-line-with-new-pentagon-contract/
The Market for Spyware is Growing: It’s Used Differently Against Women
https://citizenlab.ca/the-market-for-spyware-is-growing-its-used-differently-against-women/
Intellexa Founder, Three Others Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison Over Greek Spyware Scandal
A Greek court sentenced four Intellexa executives to prison for their role in a 2022 scandal that involved the use of Predator spyware against more than 90 public figures in the country. Citizen Lab researchers first published evidence of Predator spyware in Greece in late 2021. The Lab later analyzed the phones of journalist Thanasis […]
From Harm to Justice: Ending Violence Against Women in the Public Sphere in the OSCE Region
On March 10, Citizen Lab senior researcher Noura Aljizawi will participate in an OSCE panel titled “From Harm to Justice: Ending Violence Against Women in the Public Sphere in the OSCE Region.” Women who stand at the forefront of efforts to advance gender equality often face severe backlash for their public engagement, impacting individual rights […]
Austrian Interior Ministry Using Cobwebs Surveillance Software
https://citizenlab.ca/austrian-interior-ministry-using-cobwebs-surveillance-software/
Citizen Lab research fellow Wolfie Christl spoke with Der Standard about the Austrian Interior Ministry’s €900K investment in Tangles, a surveillance software that gathers and analyzes data from across social media and the web. Christl and a Citizen Lab colleague discovered that the tool was purchased by the Austrian ministry last summer. Experts are concerned […]
Submissions to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances: And the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
Citizen Lab researchers have co-authored two submissions to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. One submission focuses on digital tools that enable disappearances, calling on host states to protect against rights violations caused by digital transnational repression. The authors argue that enforced disappearances have been facilitated by […]
New EU Report Urges More Aggressive Action Against Transnational Repression
https://citizenlab.ca/new-eu-report-urges-more-aggressive-action-against-transnational-repression/
Citizen Lab senior research associate Emile Dirks spoke with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists about a report he co-authored on transnational repression in the EU. The authors found that European nations respond more weakly to transnational repression from China than repression by other countries. Dirks notes that this is likely due to closer economic […]
Saudi Arabia Ordered to Pay £3m to London Dissident Over Pegasus Spying
https://citizenlab.ca/saudi-arabia-ordered-to-pay-3m-to-london-dissident-over-pegasus-spying/
Citizen Lab senior researcher Bill Marczak served as a key witness in a UK ruling that ordered Saudi Arabia to pay £3m to a London dissident who was targeted with Pegasus spyware. In 2018, Citizen Lab researchers discovered that a Saudi operator called KINGDOM was targeting dissidents abroad with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Saudi activist and […]
