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12.9K
Account age
3 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$72 – $118 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jun 15latest
24
Avg engagement / post
12–31
Typical post (engagement)
0.2%
Engagement vs followers
74/100
Very consistent reach
Jun 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 12 and 31 likes + reposts (median 25) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: A recent investigation by @occrp.org found that the co-founder o · 49 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.8 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 0 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
359×
Follows 36 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Senior research associate @kate-ro.bsky.social speaks about Canada’s surprising decision to sign the UN Cybercrime Convention with @mgeist.bsky.social, arguing that it has significant implications for human rights and internet freedom.
L…
Senior fellow Gary Miller spoke with @capecellular.bsky.social about the exploitation of mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9rK...
Senior research fellow Gary Miller spoke to @financialtimes.com about attempts to exploit mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war. Read: www.ft.com/content/4435...
Join the Citizen Lab in Calgary at the 26th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS).
Senior researchers @jsrailton.bsky.social and Rebekah Brown will be speaking, and Citizen Lab researchers are presenting their analysis of censo…
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WATCH: Last week, the European Parliament had a debate on #spyware after we found that a former MEP's phone was hacked with #Pegasus.
The consensus: the crisis is getting worse.
@hneumannmep.bsky.social @saskiabricmont.bsky.social @luka…
1/ NEW REPORT: Former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware while serving on the EU committee investigating Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Full report: citiz…
In “How to Combat Transnational Repression,” published in @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Citizen Lab researchers @sanstis.bsky.social and @mmichae1sen.bsky.social write about the lack of accountability for perpetrators of transnational repressi…
Senior research associate @emiledirks.bsky.social has been elected to serve as a member of @pencanada.bsky.social's board of directors, chairing the new Digital Threats committee: pencanada.ca/who-we-are/l...
1/ NEW RESEARCH: We find that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to gain access to activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone. Full brief: citizenlab.ca/research/rus...
Join senior researcher @noura.bsky.social for “Security Without Safety: Queering Cybersecurity in the Age of Digital Transnational Repression” as part of the University of Zurich's "Confronting Transnational Repression" workshop: www.ema.u…
Senior fellow @cyn-k.bsky.social writes that Canada’s new AI strategy is reorienting democratic functions “around the false god of AI” in @thewalrus.ca : thewalrus.ca/canada-ai-pl...
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WATCH: Last week, the European Parliament had a debate on #spyware after we found that a former MEP's phone was hacked with #Pegasus.
The consensus: the crisis is getting worse.
@hneumannmep.bsky.social @saskiabricmont.bsky.social @luka…
1/ NEW REPORT: Former Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware while serving on the EU committee investigating Pegasus and other spyware abuses in Europe. Full report: citiz…
In “How to Combat Transnational Repression,” published in @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Citizen Lab researchers @sanstis.bsky.social and @mmichae1sen.bsky.social write about the lack of accountability for perpetrators of transnational repressi…
Senior research associate @emiledirks.bsky.social has been elected to serve as a member of @pencanada.bsky.social's board of directors, chairing the new Digital Threats committee: pencanada.ca/who-we-are/l...
1/ NEW RESEARCH: We find that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to gain access to activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone. Full brief: citizenlab.ca/research/rus...
Join senior researcher @noura.bsky.social for “Security Without Safety: Queering Cybersecurity in the Age of Digital Transnational Repression” as part of the University of Zurich's "Confronting Transnational Repression" workshop: www.ema.u…
Senior fellow @cyn-k.bsky.social writes that Canada’s new AI strategy is reorienting democratic functions “around the false god of AI” in @thewalrus.ca : thewalrus.ca/canada-ai-pl...
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@citizenlab.ca
The handle is the domain citizenlab.ca. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real citizenlab.ca account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Jun 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 24 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.8× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated95/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~0.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
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