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michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 07 > rushing-lawful-access-backfires-wyden-letter-on-bill-c-22-highlights-political-trade-and-business-risks

Rushing Lawful Access Backfires: Wyden Letter on Bill C-22 Highlights Political, Trade and Business Risks - Michael Geist

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (84+ words) Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University of Ottawa Press, 2015) The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (University of Ottawa Press, 2013) From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 07 > why-the-governments-plan-for-a-social-media-ban-in-bill-c-34-is-unconstitutional

Why the Government’s Plan for a Social Media Ban in Bill C-34 Is Unconstitutional

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (84+ words) Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University of Ottawa Press, 2015) The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (University of Ottawa Press, 2013) From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 07 > blocked-twice-how-bill-c-34s-kids-social-media-ban-would-compound-the-online-news-acts-harm-to-young-canadians-news-access

Blocked Twice: How Bill C-34’s Kids’ Social Media Ban Would Compound the Online News Act’s Harm to Young Canadians’ News Access

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (274+ words) Social media isn’t just where young people happen to find news: it’s where they go looking for it. Our data suggests that, for many young people, blocking their social media access doesn’t redirect their news engagement – it ends it. The…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 07 > the-data-on-australias-social-media-ban-the-better-the-privacy-protection-the-less-effective-the-ban

The Data on Australia's Social Media Ban: The Better the Privacy Protection, The Less Effective the Ban

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (84+ words) Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University of Ottawa Press, 2015) The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (University of Ottawa Press, 2013) From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 06 > improv-policy-the-government-doesnt-know-what-to-do-about-its-online-streaming-act-mess

Improv Policy: The Government Doesn't Know What To Do About Its Online Streaming Act Mess

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (84+ words) Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University of Ottawa Press, 2015) The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (University of Ottawa Press, 2013) From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 06 > soft-ban-or-hard-verification-requirement-why-bill-c-34s-social-media-ban-exemption-gets-the-incentives-wrong-and-comes-too-late-to-matter

Soft Ban or Hard Verification Requirement?: Why Bill C-34's Social Media Ban Exemption Gets the Incentives Wrong and Comes Too Late to Matter

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (153+ words) The social media ban is subject to Section 29, which provides: The Commission may, on application by an operator, exempt, subject to any conditions it considers appropriate, the operator from the application of subsections 27(1) and 28(1) in respect of a regulated social…...

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michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 06 > gary-anandasangarees-vic-toews-moment-shows-the-government-has-lost-its-way-on-lawful-access

Gary Anandasangaree’s Vic Toews Moment Shows the Government Has Lost Its Way on Lawful Access - Michael Geist

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (153+ words) Vic Toews by Soggybread, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons and Gary Anandasangaree portrait Jonathan Chen / UK Home Office, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hon. Vic Toews (Minister of Public Safety, CPC): Toews’ remark set off a firestorm of media coverage and days…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 06 > government-moves-to-shut-down-lawful-access-hearing-in-order-to-fast-track-passing-the-bill-this-week

Government Moves to Shut Down Lawful Access Hearing In Order To Fast Track Passing the Bill This Week

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (84+ words) Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University of Ottawa Press, 2015) The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (University of Ottawa Press, 2013) From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright…...

Michael Geist
michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 06 > canadas-digital-super-regulator-bill-c-36-pushes-out-the-privacy-commissioner-and-hands-private-sector-privacy-to-an-overloaded-commission

Canada's Digital Super-Regulator: Bill C-36 Pushes Out the Privacy Commissioner and Hands Private Sector Privacy to an Overloaded Commission

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (115+ words) chairs -office -empty -mall -life -dhaka -firmgate by nasir khan from Dhaka, Bangladesh, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons From bad to worse. These are horrific. Time to leave Canada. Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University…...

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michaelgeist.ca > 2026 > 06 > privacy-as-a-fundamental-right-the-governments-terrible-privacy-track-record-suggests-virtue-signalling-over-a-genuine-commitment

Privacy as a Fundamental Right? The Government's Terrible Privacy Track Record Suggests Virtue Signalling Over a Genuine Commitment - Michael Geist

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (84+ words) Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (University of Ottawa Press, 2015) The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law (University of Ottawa Press, 2013) From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright…...