The Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert has issued a stark warning about the direction of US surveillance policy, arguing that the Trump administration is actively pushing for pervasive monitoring of citizens. He singled out technology executives who are willing to assist in these efforts.
Deibert, who leads the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, described the collaboration between government and certain tech leaders as "techno-fascist." His comments, reported by Dark Reading, reflect growing concern among digital rights researchers about the normalization of mass surveillance.
The criticism targets both the administration's policy direction and the private-sector enablers. Deibert's remarks suggest that the threat is not just from state overreach but from a convergence of political will and corporate complicity.