Snowden lawyer discusses need for Citizen Lab with director Ron Deibert

February 4, 2016

Nearly 250 people turned up to U of T’s Innis Town Hall to hear Ben Wizner, the lawyer for the exiled American computer analyst Edward Snowden, in conversation with Political Scientist Ron Deibert, director of Citizen Lab. Wizner told the audience that countries like Canada need independent courts (not judges who turn a blind eye to mass surveillance) and strong members of government who have oversight over spy agencies. “And we need strong civil-society organizations like the Citizen Lab,” he added. The Citizen Lab at U of T aims to monitor, analyze and impact the exercise of power in cyberspace. The event, organized by the Arts and Science Students Union and the Centre for the Study of the United States at the Munk School of Global Affairs, included a screening of the documentary Citizenfour. The full U of T News article is available here.

Photo: Courtesy Arts & Science Students’ Union