Editing Citizen Lab (section)

{{Short description|Digital research center at the University of Toronto}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| image = 
| formation = 2001
| logo = Citizen Lab logo.svg
| type = Research Laboratory
| headquarters = [[University of Toronto]]
| location_city = [[Toronto]]
| location_city2 = [[Ontario]]
| leader_title = Director
| leader_name = [[Ronald Deibert]]
| website = {{url|https://citizenlab.ca}}
}}

The '''Citizen Lab''' is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the [[Munk School of Global Affairs]] at the [[University of Toronto]], Canada. It was founded by [[Ronald Deibert]] in 2001. The laboratory studies information controls that impact the openness and security of the Internet and that pose threats to [[human rights]].<ref name="Bpr2012-10-21">{{Cite news |date=October 21, 2012 |title=BPR Interview: Citizens Lab Director Ronald Deibert |publisher=[[Brown Political Review]] |url=http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2012/10/interview-citizens-lab-director-ronald-deibert/ |access-date=January 9, 2016 |quote=BPR interviewed Ronald Deibert, director of Citizens Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, an interdisciplinary research organization focusing at the intersection of internet, global security and human rights. They have worked for the office of the Dalai Lama.}}</ref> The organization uses a "mixed methods" approach which combines computer-generated interrogation, [[data mining]], and analysis with intensive [[field research]], qualitative [[social science]], and legal and [[policy analysis]] methods. The organization has played a major role in providing technical support to journalists investigating the use of [[NSO Group]]'s [[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus spyware]] on journalists, politicians and human rights advocates.