Publications
Publications
Works in Progress
Noura Aljizawi, Samantha Bradshaw, Gabrielle Lim, and Jon Penney, “The Three Faces of Transnational Repression.” Accepted as a chapter for a forthcoming book.
Samantha Bradshaw and Gabrielle Lim, “Entangled Hegemony: Networks, Standards, and Structural Power in the Quantum Era.” Preparing for submission.
Gabrielle Lim, “A Realist Ethics of Governance for Outer Space.”
Gabrielle Lim, “The Sociotechnical Construction of the Global Commons.”
Gabrielle Lim and Natasha Goel, “Data Types and Government Access in Social Media Privacy Policies.”
Peer-Reviewed Articles
"Avoiding the kitchen sink: A guide to mixed methods approaches within digital rights governance." Internet Policy Review Vol 14, No. 4 (2025) (with Noura Aljizawi, Shaila Baran, and Nicola Lawford).
“The Global Spread of Misinformation Laws.” Journal of International Communication 19 (2025) (with Samantha Bradshaw and Monzima Haque).
Book Chapters
“Hierarchy Over Diversity: Influence and Disinformation on Twitter.” In Cyber-Threats to Canadian Democracy. Edited by Holly Ann Garnett and Michael Pal. McGill–Queen's University Press, 2022 (with Alexei Abrahams).
“Make it Trend! Setting Right Wing Media Agendas Using Twitter Hashtags.” In The Social Media Debate: Unpacking the Social, Psychological, and Cultural Effects of Social Media, edited by Devan Rosen. Routledge, 2021 (with Alexei Abrahams and Joan Donovan).
“Detect, Document, and Debunk: Studying Media Manipulation and Disinformation Campaigns.” In the Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Digital Media, edited by Deana Rohlinger and Sarah Sobieraj. Oxford University Press, 2021 (with Joan Donovan).
“Attributing Endless Mayfly.” In Verification Handbook: For Disinformation And Media Manipulation, edited by Craig Silverman. European Journalism Centre, 2020.
Select Reports, White Papers, and Conference Proceedings
"No Escape: The Weaponization of Gender for the Purposes of Digital Transnational Repression." Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, 2024 (with Noura Aljizawi, Siena Anstis, Marcus Michaelsen, Veronica Arroyo, Shaila Baran, Maria Bikbulatova, Gözde Böcü, Camila Franco, Arzu Geybulla, Muetter Iliqud, Nicola Lawford, Émilie LaFlèche, Levi Meletti, Maryam Mirza, Zoe Panday, Claire Posno, Zoë Reichert, Berhan Taye, and Angela Yang).
"Chilling Legislation: Tracking the Impact of “Fake News” Laws on Press Freedom Internationally.” Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy, 2023 (with Samantha Bradshaw).
“Frustrating the State: Surveillance, Public Health, and the Role of Civil Society.” In Watching the Watchers: The New Frontier of Privacy and Surveillance under COVID-19. Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, McGill University, 2020.
“Securitize/Counter-Securitize: The Life and Death of Malaysia’s Anti-Fake News Act.” Data and Society Research Institute, 2020.
“Entanglements and Exploits: Sociotechnical Security as an Analytic Framework.” USENIX Workshop on Free and Open Communications on the Internet, Santa Clara, CA, 2019 (with Matt Goerzen and Elizabeth Watkins).
“Burned After Reading: Endless Mayfly’s Ephemeral Disinformation Campaign.” Citizen Lab, University of Toronto, 2019 (with Etienne Maynier, John Scott-Railton, Alberto Fittarelli, Ned Moran, and Ron Deibert).
Popular Articles and Commentary
"A Match Made in the Heavens: The Surveillance State and the “New Space” Economy.” Tech Policy Press, June 18, 2025 (with Aidan Kerr, Marlene Terstiege, and Marc Calabretta).
“Misinformed about misinformation: On the polarizing discourse on misinformation and its consequences for the field.” Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 5, no. 5, (2024) (with Irene Pasquetto and Samantha Bradshaw).
“Balancing Reality and Fear: Why An Alarmist Take on Chinese Influence Operations Is Counterproductive.” Just Security, July 21, 2021 (with Lotus Ruan).
“The Internet Is a Crime Scene.” Foreign Policy, January 20, 2021 (with Joan Donovan).
“A Blueprint for Documenting and Debunking Misinformation Campaigns.” Nieman Reports, October 20, 2020, (with Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss, and Brian Friedberg).
“The Risks of Exaggerating Foreign Influence Operations and Disinformation.” Centre for International Governance Innovation, August 7, 2020.
“Repress/Redress: What the ‘War on Terror’ Can Teach Us about Fighting Misinformation.” Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 1, no. 5, July 22 (2020) (with Alexei Abrahams).
“3 Ways To Counter Authoritarian Overreach During the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Nieman Reports, April 22, 2020 (with Brian Friedberg and Joan Donovan).
“Republicans Want Twitter to Ban Chinese Communist Party Accounts. That’s a Dangerous Idea.” Slate, April 3, 2020, (with Joan Donovan).