Author: Ron
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✴︎ blogWeb 2.0 Presidency (Canada Watch Paper) and KMDI Lecture
I recently wrote a short discussion piece for York University’s here, called the “Web 2.0 Presidency,” which can be downloaded here. Additionally, I recently gave a talk to the KMDI called “Leveling the Playing Field for Citizen Intelligence,” which can be viewed here.
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✴︎ blogHow Free is the Internet? An interview with Riz Khan
Aired on Al Jazeera’s Riz Khan show, 2007 I did an interview in 2007 on the Riz Khan show/Al Jazeera with Mortin Sklar. I never did see the broadcast, but in going through some youtube videos I see someone posted. I am reposting it here.
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✴︎ blogProfile of the Citizen Lab
Aired on CBC Radio-Canada’s “Une Heure Sur Terre” November, 2008 The program provides an overview of the Lab, our research on information warfare, Nart Villeneuve’s Skype report, the OpeNet Initiative, and our psiphon circumvention software project.
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✴︎ blogBeating Internet Censorship the Canadian Way
from PC World …”What we’re trying to do with psiphon is build a technology that supports that original notion of innovation that drove the Internet,” explains Lab Director Ronald Deibert. “[T]he guarantee of uninterrupted access to free information” is what is at stake, says Professor Deibert, whose background and training as a political scientist –…
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✴︎ blogRadio Canada International Interview
I recently did a radio interview with Radio Canada International&’s “MASALA CANADA with Wojtek Gwiazda.” Wojtek sent me an MP3 of the interview, which can be accessed here. In the interview, we discuss the Citizen Lab, the OpenNet Initiative, and the ONI Asia project, supported by IDRC Canada. Radio Canada International’s Masala Canada show can…
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✴︎ blogRadio Canada Une heure sur terre
Radio Canada’s “Une heure sur terre” did a very nice profile piece on the Citizen Lab recently. Here is a link to a stream of the program. Included are discussions about our research on the Russia-Georgia Cyberwar, Nart Villeneuve’s Skype Report and Psiphon.
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✴︎ blogTVO Big Ideas
I am scheduled to appear on TVO Big Ideas this weekend; details below. Hacking Back: The Battle for Human Rights Online TVO: Saturday and Sunday November 22 and 23, 2008, 4 PM Repeats Saturday and Sunday at 5 am. RON DEIBERT In this lecture, political science professor Ron Deibert looks at the issue of internet…
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✴︎ blogBreaching Trust
I am pleased to announce our release of a major investigative report, Breaching Trust: An analysis of surveillance and security practices on China’s TOM-Skype platform, written by Nart Villeneuve, Psiphon Fellow, the Citizen Lab, at the Munk Centre for International Studies, the University of Toronto. The full report can be downloaded here. John Markoff of…
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✴︎ blogAnnouncement: Greg Walton joins Citizen Lab as Senior SecDev Fellow
I am pleased to announce that Greg Walton will be joining the Citizen Lab. Greg Walton is the senior security researcher for ONI Asia, and the first SecDev fellow at the Citizen Lab. He is a graduate of the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford (International Relations and Security Studies), and holds an MSc…
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✴︎ blogDigital Wish List
Aired on CBC’s Spark with Nora Young, as part of their special election coverage You can listen to and watch the interview here. You can also download the MP3 of the interview here. The video of the interview is here: Digital Wish List: Ron Deibert from CBC Radio: Spark on Vimeo.