Ron Deibert
@rondeibert.bsky.social
Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
I'm especially pleased to see X fined for not providing researchers access to their platform.
This is something we @citizenlab.ca have called for, and it's essential for protection of the public interest by independent watchdogs 2)
This is something we @citizenlab.ca have called for, and it's essential for protection of the public interest by independent watchdogs 2)
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm especially pleased to see X fined for not providing researchers access to their platform.
This is something we @citizenlab.ca have called for, and it's essential for protection of the public interest by independent watchdogs 2)
This is something we @citizenlab.ca have called for, and it's essential for protection of the public interest by independent watchdogs 2)
All gas, no brakes
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
All gas, no brakes
Labelling domestic political opposition "terrorism"
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Labelling domestic political opposition "terrorism"
I mean seriously wake up
September 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I mean seriously wake up
On Sept 24th, Toronto's classic Fox Theatre will be hosting a screening of Brian De Palma's Blow Out, followed by a Q&A between Great Escape Bookstore's Katya Nosko and me
Afterwards, I'll be signing copies of Chasing Shadows.
Come on out!
Afterwards, I'll be signing copies of Chasing Shadows.
Come on out!
August 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On Sept 24th, Toronto's classic Fox Theatre will be hosting a screening of Brian De Palma's Blow Out, followed by a Q&A between Great Escape Bookstore's Katya Nosko and me
Afterwards, I'll be signing copies of Chasing Shadows.
Come on out!
Afterwards, I'll be signing copies of Chasing Shadows.
Come on out!
Also, this is a pretty great lineup of keynotes 👇
Really excited to be in the company of @mikko.bsky.social @nicoleperlroth.bsky.social @granick.bsky.social & Chris Inglis
Should be a fun event!
Really excited to be in the company of @mikko.bsky.social @nicoleperlroth.bsky.social @granick.bsky.social & Chris Inglis
Should be a fun event!
July 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Also, this is a pretty great lineup of keynotes 👇
Really excited to be in the company of @mikko.bsky.social @nicoleperlroth.bsky.social @granick.bsky.social & Chris Inglis
Should be a fun event!
Really excited to be in the company of @mikko.bsky.social @nicoleperlroth.bsky.social @granick.bsky.social & Chris Inglis
Should be a fun event!
I am honoured and excited to be delivering a keynote @blackhatevents.bsky.social 🇺🇸 2025
Come hear about the history of @citizenlab.ca, our investigations into mercenary spyware and other abuses, and what keeps me up at night!
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
Come hear about the history of @citizenlab.ca, our investigations into mercenary spyware and other abuses, and what keeps me up at night!
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I am honoured and excited to be delivering a keynote @blackhatevents.bsky.social 🇺🇸 2025
Come hear about the history of @citizenlab.ca, our investigations into mercenary spyware and other abuses, and what keeps me up at night!
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
Come hear about the history of @citizenlab.ca, our investigations into mercenary spyware and other abuses, and what keeps me up at night!
www.blackhat.com/us-25/briefi...
Thanks to everyone who came out to the #saltspringforum for my book Chasing Shadows, and thanks especially to the amazing Professor Lucy Suchman for moderating and @michael-byers.bsky.social for hosting
Great event, great discussion!
Great event, great discussion!
June 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to the #saltspringforum for my book Chasing Shadows, and thanks especially to the amazing Professor Lucy Suchman for moderating and @michael-byers.bsky.social for hosting
Great event, great discussion!
Great event, great discussion!
If you want to dive deeper into both topics from a first-hand account of the @citizenlab.ca's experiences, my latest book "Chasing Shadows" covers it all
chasingshadowsbook.ca
chasingshadowsbook.ca
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you want to dive deeper into both topics from a first-hand account of the @citizenlab.ca's experiences, my latest book "Chasing Shadows" covers it all
chasingshadowsbook.ca
chasingshadowsbook.ca
I was encouraged to see the #G7 Leaders' Statement on Transnational Repression which also calls out mitigating harms around mercenary spyware 👇🇨🇦
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
June 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I was encouraged to see the #G7 Leaders' Statement on Transnational Repression which also calls out mitigating harms around mercenary spyware 👇🇨🇦
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...
Naturally, this part about law enforcement access to and interception of electronic data caught my eye, and will be something to scrutinize closely....
www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...
www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...
June 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Naturally, this part about law enforcement access to and interception of electronic data caught my eye, and will be something to scrutinize closely....
www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...
www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...
The campaign's uninterrupted activity over multiple social media platforms exposes the shortcomings of platforms' abilities to mitigate harmful doxxing intended to suppress civil society.
We sent letters to X and Meta; X didn't reply. Meta acknowledged receipt but didn't answer our questions...
We sent letters to X and Meta; X didn't reply. Meta acknowledged receipt but didn't answer our questions...
April 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The campaign's uninterrupted activity over multiple social media platforms exposes the shortcomings of platforms' abilities to mitigate harmful doxxing intended to suppress civil society.
We sent letters to X and Meta; X didn't reply. Meta acknowledged receipt but didn't answer our questions...
We sent letters to X and Meta; X didn't reply. Meta acknowledged receipt but didn't answer our questions...
Ontario's Privacy Commissioner issues statement following @citizenlab.ca report detailing links between Ontario Police and Paragon Solutions -- vendor of mercenary spyware.
Their office wasn't consulted by the OPP
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Their office wasn't consulted by the OPP
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
March 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Ontario's Privacy Commissioner issues statement following @citizenlab.ca report detailing links between Ontario Police and Paragon Solutions -- vendor of mercenary spyware.
Their office wasn't consulted by the OPP
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Their office wasn't consulted by the OPP
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And I love this nugget. Here's another third party cloud based service, scanning audio logs from police bodycams
March 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And I love this nugget. Here's another third party cloud based service, scanning audio logs from police bodycams
Thanks CBC reads for picking Chasing Shadows as the top recommended nonfiction book to read of spring 2025!
www.cbc.ca/books/46-can...
www.cbc.ca/books/46-can...
March 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thanks CBC reads for picking Chasing Shadows as the top recommended nonfiction book to read of spring 2025!
www.cbc.ca/books/46-can...
www.cbc.ca/books/46-can...
Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of *Chasing Shadows* and helped make it a national bestseller 🇨🇦!
chasingshadowsbook.ca
chasingshadowsbook.ca
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of *Chasing Shadows* and helped make it a national bestseller 🇨🇦!
chasingshadowsbook.ca
chasingshadowsbook.ca
Where's the organized 🇺🇸 resistance?
PSA to all so-called American "progressives": stop making jokes about how Canadians would "vote" (they're offensive to us) and start thinking about how to actively save your own country from its rapid descent into authoritarianism 👇
PSA to all so-called American "progressives": stop making jokes about how Canadians would "vote" (they're offensive to us) and start thinking about how to actively save your own country from its rapid descent into authoritarianism 👇
February 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Where's the organized 🇺🇸 resistance?
PSA to all so-called American "progressives": stop making jokes about how Canadians would "vote" (they're offensive to us) and start thinking about how to actively save your own country from its rapid descent into authoritarianism 👇
PSA to all so-called American "progressives": stop making jokes about how Canadians would "vote" (they're offensive to us) and start thinking about how to actively save your own country from its rapid descent into authoritarianism 👇
Feels to me like Trump read @timothysnyder.bsky.social's "On Tyranny" or @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's "Autrocracy Inc" through a mirror, or like they are recipe books
(...but of course he doesn't read, so...)
(...but of course he doesn't read, so...)
February 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Feels to me like Trump read @timothysnyder.bsky.social's "On Tyranny" or @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's "Autrocracy Inc" through a mirror, or like they are recipe books
(...but of course he doesn't read, so...)
(...but of course he doesn't read, so...)
Really grateful to all those who've picked up a copy of Chasing Shadows (chasingshadowsbook.ca) 😊
Debuting #2 on the Toronto Star non-fiction best selling list
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Debuting #2 on the Toronto Star non-fiction best selling list
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
February 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Really grateful to all those who've picked up a copy of Chasing Shadows (chasingshadowsbook.ca) 😊
Debuting #2 on the Toronto Star non-fiction best selling list
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Debuting #2 on the Toronto Star non-fiction best selling list
www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
In case you're wondering: yes, the world's worst autocrats and bullies are really grateful to Trump for showing the way
You IR theorists out there will recognize: this is one way how norms propagate internationally
You IR theorists out there will recognize: this is one way how norms propagate internationally
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In case you're wondering: yes, the world's worst autocrats and bullies are really grateful to Trump for showing the way
You IR theorists out there will recognize: this is one way how norms propagate internationally
You IR theorists out there will recognize: this is one way how norms propagate internationally
Really proud of @jsrailton.bsky.social ably representing @citizenlab.ca at the UN 🇺🇳 Security Council Areia-formula meeting on spyware, which included spyware victim Julia Gavarrete from El Salvador citizenlab.ca/2022/01/proj...
January 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Really proud of @jsrailton.bsky.social ably representing @citizenlab.ca at the UN 🇺🇳 Security Council Areia-formula meeting on spyware, which included spyware victim Julia Gavarrete from El Salvador citizenlab.ca/2022/01/proj...
Hey thanks @macleans.bsky.social for featuring *Chasing Shadows* in your 2025 Year Ahead issue
I can't wait to get this out there: chasingshadowsbook.ca
I can't wait to get this out there: chasingshadowsbook.ca
January 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hey thanks @macleans.bsky.social for featuring *Chasing Shadows* in your 2025 Year Ahead issue
I can't wait to get this out there: chasingshadowsbook.ca
I can't wait to get this out there: chasingshadowsbook.ca