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John Scott-Railton is a Senior Researcher at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, where he investigates digital espionage, surveillance, and threats to civil society. His work has exposed major spyware operations including NSO Group's Pegasus and other state-sponsored surveillance campaigns targeting journalists, activists, and dissidents globally.