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Liberal MP: Lawful Access “Has Nothing to Do With the Privacy of People and Their Information”
Sima Acan by BooBoo2517, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Common
The government is set to introduce privacy reform next week with the “fundamental right to privacy” expected to serve as a foundational element of the forthcoming bill. Yet as th...
The Exemption Illusion: Why the Government’s Plan to Fast Track Bill C-34’s Kids’ Social Media Ban Means No Standards, No Privacy Review, and No Enforcement
No Ban - No Wall - No Raids by ep_jhu https://flic.kr/p/RtQNpo CC BY-NC 2.0
One of the most heavily promoted features of Bill C-34, the government’s Safe Social Media Act, is that its social media ban for those under 16 comes with a potent...
Unpacking Bill C-34: My Appearance on the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel Podcast
There has been no shortage of posts on this site on Bill C-34. For those looking for a podcast version of some of the analysis, this week I sat down with the Globe and Mail’s The Decibel podcast for a conversation with Sherrill Sutherland o...
The Law to Be Named Later: Bill C-34 Punts 50 Key Decisions to Cabinet and a Digital Safety Commission That Does Not Yet Exist
Roadsign for the colorfully named hamlet of Uncertain, in a swampy piece of Harrison County in East Texas by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The government’s plan to address online safety was introduced yesterday w...
Everything All At Once: Bill C-34 Combines Platform Duties, a Kids’ Social Media Ban, AI Chatbot Regulation, and a Powerful Digital Safety Commission Into a Risky “Trust Us” Bet
Culture Minister Marc Miller by Michael Geist
The government tabled Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, earlier today, marking its third attempt at online harms legislation after the failed 2021 consultation and Bill C-63, the Online Har...
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