The Globe and Mail: Ronald Deibert, professor of political science and founder of the Citizen Lab, which focuses on digital security, provided The Globe and Mail with a copy of his remarks. He predicted that transnational repression (TNR) and digital transnational repression (DTR) “will expand dramatically in the coming months and years.”
TNR is defined as coming from hostile states targeting political exiles, regime critics and diaspora communities abroad while DTR is the use of cybertechnologies by these countries for harassment, influence operations and geolocation tracking.
Mr. Deibert cites what he refers to as the sudden descent into authoritarianism in the U.S., the rapid use of AI, and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s adoption of a “realist-inspired” foreign policy as three reasons for Canadians to be concerned…