Waze Canada is claiming to now be governed by the laws of the State of Israel, not Canada 👀 @digitalprivacy.ca

Stanford fought the lawsuit, which I’m grateful for. Our legal team was incredible. But the university still shut Stanford Internet Observatory down bc they didn’t want to deal w/political pressure. It costs real time &💵 to fight vexatious bs for 3 yrs. But you have to fight—or else the liars win.

Let’s recognize the 🇨🇦 lawyers like @digitalprivacy.ca, @privacylawyer.ca, @mgeist.bsky.social, & those at @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social, @westcoastleaf.bsky.social @bccla.bsky.social, & @cancivlib.bsky.social fighting for the rule of law & encourage others to answer the @cba-news.bsky.social call.

When a license plate is captured by an automated license plate reader (ALPR), it’s instantly compared against a list of vehicles that the police are actively looking for, known as a “hotlist.” EFF has learned that one of these hotlists targets immigrants on behalf of ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?

When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that police have identified

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Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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More than 60 civil liberties, human rights, faith based and community organizations just released a statement denouncing the adoption of Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act. ccla.org/press-releas...

CCLA Joins Civil Society’s Statement Denouncing the Adoption of Bill C-9 - CCLA

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity – the first Supreme Court of Canada case to dire...

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Parliament crossed a constitutional red line with Bill C-16, seeking to overrule the Supreme Court on the remedy for a violation of the Charter right to be tried within a reasonable time. Read more here. ccla.org/criminal-jus...

CCLA Testifies before Senate on Bill C-16 - CCLA

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) has filed its intervention factum in Saskatchewan v. UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity – the first Supreme Court of Canada case to dire...

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EFF on the Canadian government's unfortunate decision to plow ahead with Bill C-22

Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill

With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known as the Lawful Access ...

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Thank you @elizabethemay.bsky.social for informing the press & Canadians about the undemocratic abuse of process the Liberals have undertaken to pass C-22 “Lawful Access” against all advice of experts such as @openmedia.org, @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social, @citizenlab.ca, @signal.org & legal scholars.

Kudos to @kate-ro.bsky.social @cyn-k.bsky.social @digitalprivacy.ca for their remarkable analysis of Bill C-22. It's essential reading. Please read it and share it widely in your network.

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

New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x

LIVE 🚨 They’re moving C-22 out of committee like thieves in the night and MPs are crying . This committee meeting was supposed to be tomorrow afternoon. #cdnpoli @openmedia.org @iclmg-csilc.bsky.social @digitalprivacy.ca

@progamergov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The final SECU Committee on Bill C-22 is now happening after the Liberal motion to debate passed. Committee members now have 28 minutes to debate and decide on all of the 400 remaining amendments. #c22 #privacy #encryption #lawfulaccess parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

In a timely op-ed, @cyn-k.bsky.social highlights an element of Bill C-22 that has escaped extensive discussion in the bill's fast-tracked legislative study: How the bill could pave the way to unprecedented access for US law enforcement to Canadian data and the severe risks that entails.

Bill C-22 could expose Canadian data to U.S. surveillance

Ottawa should reject any data-sharing agreement that allows U.S. authorities to access Canadians' personal information without Canadian oversight.

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URGENT: The motion to quash debate will be voted on tomorrow. Please take action & share widely to stop the motion & stop state surveillance Bill C-22! EMAIL: iclmg.ca/stop-c-22 CALL: iclmg.ca/call-to-stop-c-22 SEND a letter to the editor: iclmg.ca/c-22-letter-to-the-editor 1/ #cdnpoli

Today, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Ligue des droits et libertés are joining forces to call for a public inquiry into police racism within the SPVM and an end to street checks.

New: Researchers have quantified how easy AI search is to manipulate. Just 13 words buried in a random Reddit comment can poison AI search results. They suggest this is not easy to stop: "The way you can attack these systems is so much dumber than you think it is" www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...

It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests

"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently."

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Canadian federal parties can use voter personal data in ways that corporations and other orgs can't, expected privacy protections are not in place. I've signed this, if you're a Canadian you should too @cancivlib.bsky.social @openmedia.org

Your Data. Your Vote.

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NEW POST: Bill C-34's Social Media Ban for under 16s is Unconstitutional emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/bill-c-34s...

Bill C-34's Social Media Ban for under 16s is Unconstitutional

Why the courts might, but shouldn't, permit it

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On Wednesday, the federal government introduced Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, with the stated goal of making the online activities of Canadians safer. However, the bill raises significant civil liberties concerns. ccla.org/press-releas...

CCLA warns against risks to freedom of expression and privacy posed by Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act - CCLA

Open-ended powers and social media ban for children under 16 in Bill C-34, the Social Media Safety Act, threaten civil liberties.

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NEW: AI Minister Evan Solomon is expected to table legislation next week to modernize Canada’s privacy laws. The bill will make privacy a fundamental right, protect children and curb misuse of personal information, including for surveillance pricing.

Open-ended obligations, sweeping regulatory powers and a looming social media ban for children under 16 in Bill C-34, the Social Media Safety Act, threaten civil liberties. Read more: ccla.org/press-releas...

CCLA warns against risks to freedom of expression and privacy posed by Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act - CCLA

Open-ended powers and social media ban for children under 16 in Bill C-34, the Social Media Safety Act, threaten civil liberties.

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Bruce Schneier (@schneier.com) and I have a new essay in @theconversation.com on the Trump administration's strategy of weaponizing law, technology, & surveillance to chill protest, dissent, & political opposition. In short, the chilling effects are the point. theconversation.com/chilling-eff...

Chilling effects of Trump’s war on free speech extend far beyond campus walls – and that’s the point

A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.

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I found this enormously informative — a close reading of the encryption and metadata provisions, and implications of the Cloud Act agreement on the way. Thanks @cyn-k.bsky.social, @kate-robertson.bsky.social, and @digitalprivacy.ca!

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

New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x

New joint publication by @citizenlab.ca + @cancivlib.bsky.social! In which @kate-ro.bsky.social & I join forces w/ Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca to explain the federal govt's many... "(Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access" 🧵1/x

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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Here's the analysis again, this time on @cancivlib.bsky.social's website (cc @digitalprivacy.ca): ccla.org/privacy/ccla... (Full PDF: citizenlab.ca/wp-content/u...) </🧵> #c22 #billC22

CCLA and Citizen Lab researchers release detailed analysis of Bill C-22's many flaws - CCLA

A comprehensive analysis released by CCLA and Citizen Lab outlines deep flaws in the government's surveillance proposal, Bill C-22.

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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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The public safety committee now considering whether to split controversial surveillance Bill C-22 in half to provide for more time to study Part 2 of the Bill. Part 2 introduces a sweeping regime that could be used to force companies to build surveillance tools into their services:

Conservatives want controversial police data interception bill split in half | CBC News

Conservatives are pushing for the Liberals' deeply controversial lawful access bill — which would make it easier for police and spies to tap private communications during investigations — to be split ...

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CCLA, Kate Robertson (Citizen Lab) and Cynthia Khoo (Citizen Lab) released a comprehensive report on Bill C-22 today. The report concludes that "More than one aspect of the bill is almost certainly constitutionally fatal".

Report urged minister to clarify spy watchdog’s review role over lawful-access orders in bill

Watchdog charged with keeping spy agencies in check wants proactive access to classified lawful access details

theglobeandmail.com

Syracuse lawmakers approve law banning facial recognition tech by businesses

Syracuse lawmakers approve law banning facial recognition tech by businesses

Syracuse's ban follows revelation earlier this year that Wegmans has been using biometric surveillance in some stores.

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Signal, the secure messaging app, now warning it may need to pull out of Canada if Bill C-22 becomes law and the government imposes an order on it. Despite the growing chorus of voices sounding the alarm on Bill C-22, the government is still trying to downplay the incredible breadth of its proposal

Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill

Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government

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Canada’s C-22 bill is a surveillance overreach that paves the way to backdoor encrypted communications of users around the world. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Canada’s Bill C-22 Is a Repackaged Version of Last Year’s

Last year, the Canadian government pushed Bill C-2, which would erode Canadian digital rights in the name of “border security.” The bill was so bad it didn’t even make it to committee because of the

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