Khoo further states, “We’re going on the same merry-go-round over and over again, which is why each time, it almost becomes more insulting, because you think we don’t remember just 2, 5, or 10 years ago, what happened with a technosolutionist approach to things? … You’re assuming any complicated social problem can be solved by technology, when often on the contrary, technology will make it worse.” 

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The perpetrators of the operation were “trying to fake grassroots support for a campaign that was completely artificial, completely synthetic, and never had any traction in real life,” says Fittarelli. 

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“Unfortunately, most of the laws being passed will have little effect in actually curbing misinformation, but instead may give governments far more authority to control content they deem false or misleading,” says Lim.

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The law “suppresses traffic to compliant platforms while driving users to sites without age verification,” says Scott-Railton. “The more the government squeezes, the more they reward the very sites that scoff at their rules.”

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“The spyware would give the operators silent, secret access to all sorts of private business and information about their journalism,” says Scott-Railton. 

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They also discuss his new book, Chasing Shadows, in which he recounts investigations conducted by the Citizen Lab, and reveals the dark underworld of digital espionage and subversion.

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In this interview with TVO The Agenda’s Steve Paikin, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert discusses his recent trip to the White House, the impact that the Trump administration’s policies will have on cyber security worldwide, and why Canadians should be concerned by a potential bilateral surveillance agreement with the U.S.