Ronald J. Deibert: Festival Closing Event

As founder and Director of the Citizen Lab based at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto Ronald J. Deibert feels that “The university has an important obligation to protect the Internet as a forum for open access to information and free expression. I see the mission of the Citizen Lab to help fulfil that obligation through careful, evidence-based research.”

Research conducted at the Lab includes: investigating digital espionage against civil society; documenting Internet filtering and other practices that impact freedom of expression online; examining transparency and accountability mechanisms relevant to the relationship between corporations and state agencies regarding personal data; and analyzing privacy, security, and information controls of popular applications.

Dr. Deibert has published widely in academic journals and participated in the preparation of over 120 reports. In 2013 Black Code: Surveillance, Privacy, and the Dark Side of the Internet was published by McLelland & Stewart. Ron will discuss his most recent book: Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society.