The Canadian government’s ability to respond to transnational repression is challenged by three factors: Ottawa’s pursuit of warmer ties with autocracies; Ottawa’s uncritical embrace of artificial ...

This paper maps the current landscape of cross-border data transfer frameworks in key jurisdictions around the world, ...

The global payments landscape is increasingly described as “multi-rail” or a dense ecosystem of cards, instant payments, bank transfers, digital wallets, stablecoins and emerging central bank digital ...

Europe and Canada must rearm with Ukraine, integrate defence industries and cut US dependence to secure a more equal and resilient transatlantic order.

The war in Ukraine illustrates how generative AI enhances Russia’s propaganda and psychological operations, acting as a test ground for tactics later employed elsewhere. To protect information ...

Emile Dirks is a senior research associate at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, where he explores police surveillance, transnational ...

Companies, not governments, are at the cutting edge of developing new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for military use, and regulation needs to keep pace with these advances. Yet ...

Shaila Baran is a Ph.D. candidate with a background in criminology, sociolegal studies and internet studies, and a researcher at the Citizen Lab, where she explores transnational repression, dis- and ...