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BPC Bulletin May 20, 2025

BPC Bulletin: New Book: "Chasing Shadows" by Ronald J. Deibert

News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee.


A new book is in the market: Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy by Ronald J. Deibert.

The author is the founder and director of the Citizen Lab, a security research centre at the University of Toronto.
 

PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

Simon & Schuster Canada, the publisher, describes the book:

Chasing Shadows | Book by Ronald J. Deibert | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster Canada

INTERVIEWS

On CBC’s Ideas, Nahlah Ayed interviews Ronald J. Deibert:

Spyware abusers can easily hack your phone and surveil you | Ideas | On Demand | CBC Listen

On TV Ontario’s The Agenda, Steve Paikin interviews Ron Deibert:

How Cyber Espionage Threatens Democracy in the Age of Trump (The Agenda) - The Citizen Lab

On CityNews, a TV journalist interviews Ron Deibert:

New book details concerning global cyber security issues

COMMENTARY

In Maclean’s magazine, Ronald Deibert writes:

The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State - Macleans.ca

At CIUT FM’s Beyond the Headlines, Julia Brahy interviews Andres Kasekamp and Ron Deibert:

American Fascism and the Tech Barons of Authoritarianism: How Silicon Valley Enables Trump’s Information War — Beyond the Headlines

BOOK REVIEWS

In Quill & Quire, Steven W. Beattie reviews Chasing Shadows:

Chasing Shadows: Cyber Espionage, Subversion, and the Global Fight for Democracy - Quill and Quire

CBC Books reviews Chasing Shadows:

Chasing Shadows by Ronald J. Deibert | CBC Books


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