There's a cool public speaker series on privacy & tech happening this month, that's a collaboration between @ipcontario.bsky.social & @civictechto.bsky.social ! I'll be giving a talk for it tomorrow on this brief co-authored w/ @digitalprivacy.ca & @kate-ro.bsky.social:

The Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -

This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional...

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The Citizen Lab@citizenlab.ca · 3w ago

Join @cyn-k.bsky.social tomorrow, September 15th at 7PM ET, for @civictechto.bsky.social Meetup #560. She will present a recent joint brief by @citizenlab.ca and @cancivlib.bsky.social that analyzes the privacy and human rights implications of Bill C-22. Register here: guild.host/events/civic...

I joined the Lawbytes @lawbytes.bsky.social pod today re Canada signing on to the UN Cybercrime Convention, a treaty fuelling rising digital authoritarianism around the world. I also explain why high risk info-sharing treaties like this should not be chips in Canada's trade policy.

Michael Geist@mgeist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Russia, China and Iran have signed the UN Cybercrime Convention. Until 11 days ago, Canada joined the US, Japan, and NZ in staying out. Without notice, it quietly signed despite human rights concerns. @kate-ro.bsky.social joins my Law Bytes podcast to discuss. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/epis...

NEW today an essay from me in @thewalrus.ca on Bill C-22 (being rushed through committee in Canada this May), its implications for Can-US negotiations on data-sharing, and why the rule of law threats unfolding in the US may soon become Canada's problem too. thewalrus.ca/trump-wants-...

Trump Wants to Tap Your Phone. Ottawa Might Let Him | The Walrus

Bill C-22 will lay the legal groundwork for giving the US warrantless access to our data

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So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)

OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...

The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...

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Much the Bill C-2 focus involves the warrantless disclosure demand powers. But the implications for mandated data sharing across borders and intersection with the US Cloud Act needs greater attention. @kate-ro.bsky.social joins my Law Bytes podcast to discuss. www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/law-...

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risks - Michael Geist

Bill C-2, the government’s proposed lawful access legislation, has been the subject of several prior episodes covering warrantless disclosure of information as part of the new information demand power...

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A few (early) thoughts on digital transnational repression and extraterritorial human rights obligations over at @bindinghook.bsky.social. Thanks for the opportunity to share my research (again!).

Digital transnational repression and the limits of international human rights law in a ‘post-territorial’ world

Traditional models of jurisdiction fail dissidents in an ever more connected world

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NEW today from myself @citizenlab.ca, on the unspoken implications of Canada's Bill C-2 for data-sharing with the United States and other foreign countries: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr...

Unspoken Implications: A Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-2 and Canada’s Potential Data-Sharing Obligations Towards the United States and Other Countries - The Citizen Lab

On June 3, 2025, the federal government tabled Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related sec...

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Canada 🇨🇦's Liberal govt has proposed a new "Border Security Bill," in large part in response to pressures from 🇺🇸 I raised concerns about that back in March 2025 👇 macleans.ca/politics/the...

The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State - Macleans.ca

Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.

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Today, new report from @citizenlab.ca:

Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab

In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across t...

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In @theglobeandmail.com today: Ottawa ‘strongly condemns’ executions of unspecified number of Canadians by China: 🚨 the highly concerning reporting underscores what experts have been warning: #Canada should not enter into the #UnitedNations Cybercrime Convention on cooperation/extradition

Ottawa ‘strongly condemns’ executions of unspecified number of Canadians by China

Global Affairs would not identify those executed, and China’s embassy in Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment

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From @citizenlab.ca's @rondeibert.bsky.social: The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State

The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State - Macleans.ca

Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.

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NEW and urgent: Among the many things for Canadians 🇨🇦 to be worried about regarding US 🇺🇸 authoritarianism, @citizenlab.ca has a new legal analysis, authored by @cyn-k.bsky.social @kate-ro.bsky.social about the risks of a Canada-USA CLOUD Act 👇

Cynthia Khoo@cyn-k.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today @citizenlab.ca publishes a new, short commentary piece co-authored by @kate-ro.bsky.social and myself, highlighting grave constitutional and human rights issues that would arise with a Canada-USA CLOUD Act agreement, which the two governments have been negotiating since 2022. 🧵

NGOs and individual experts, including Citizen Lab's @rondeibert.bsky.social, @noura.bsky.social, @penney.bsky.social, and Kate Robertson, urge Canada to reject the UN's draft Convention against Cybercrime in an open letter to @melaniejolycan.bsky.social, Hon Dominic LeBlanc & Hon Arif Virani.

Read the letter on @openmediaorg.bsky.social openmedia.org/press/item/c...

Canada must not sign draft UN Cybersecurity Convention

Draft convention exposes vulnerable Canadian communities to foreign state harassment and abuse

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