Troubling Tech News from Canada
“As part of a globe-spanning investigation released Wednesday, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab say they have found fresh evidence that internet-filtering technology developed by Waterloo, Ont.-based Netsweeper is being used in 10 countries to censor access to news, religious content, LGBTQ+ resources, and political campaigns.
“India and Pakistan, both parliamentary democracies, are two notable entries in a list of regimes that includes the UAE.”