Syrian government, Hezbollah websites hosted in Canada, U.S., says Citizen Lab

November 18, 2011

Author: Jennifer Lanthier

U of T’s Ron Diebert, head of Citizen Lab, discusses websites hosted in Canada that represent groups sanctioned by the federal government. (Photo by Jon Horvatin)

The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab has found Canadian web servers are hosting websites connected to the Syrian government – including the website for Addounia TV, a television station accused of inciting violence against Syrian people.

“Our findings peel back the layers of a complex, highly nuanced, and often seamy world of web hosting,” said Professor Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab and Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs.

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