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Tracking digital espionage
How much do governments know about our online history?
Join Ron Deibert, digital detective and founder of Citizen Lab, as he reveals the hidden surveillance systems used to spy on civil society.
Ever wondered how much governments and private corporations really know about your online history? Digital espionage isn鈥檛 something that the general public need to worry about鈥� right?
Professor Ron Deibert, digital detective and founder of the聽, will reveal the hidden censorship and surveillance systems underpinning digital espionage campaigns against聽human rights organisations, journalists, activists, and opposition groups around the world.
Joined by the co-founder of the Sydney Cybersecurity Network, Dr Aim Sinpeng, this event will explore the growing silent epidemic of targeted digital espionage against civil society and unpick the implications this has for us all.
This event was held on Tuesday 12 February at 爆料王, and co-presented with聽 补苍诲听.听
The speakers
Ron Deibert is Professor of Political Science and Director of the聽聽at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory聽focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security. He was聽a co-founder and a principal investigator of the聽聽(2003鈥�14) 补苍诲听聽(2003鈥�12) projects.听Deibert was one of the founders and (former) VP of global policy and outreach for聽, one of the world鈥檚 leading digital聽censorship circumvention services.
Aim Singpeng is an award-winning educator whose research interests centre on the relationships between digital media, political participation and political regimes in Southeast Asia. She is particularly interested in the role of social media in shaping state-society relations and inducing political and social change. She is the co-founder of the聽and a Thailand country coordinator for the聽聽Aim received a聽聽in 2017 and was named an聽' in 2018 by the 爆料王.听
Lead image: Photo by聽