Why Restricting Harassment Shouldn’t be a Tool to Silence Lawful Speech
Michael Geist recently published an article talking about harassment and freedom of expression. There is a key aspect that is missing, however.
https://www.freezenet.ca/why-restricting-harassment-shouldnt-be-a-tool-to-silence-lawful-speech/
#Censorship #News #Canada #FreeSpeech #MichaelGeist #protest #speech
#MichaelGeist 4 June 2025
Privacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Bill
#StrongBorderAct is BULLSHIT !!!!
#WTFCanada 🇨🇦
The government yesterday introduced the Strong Border Act (Bill C-2), legislation that was promoted as establishing new border measure provisions presumably designed to address U.S. concerns regarding the border. Yet buried toward the end of the bill are lawful access provisions that have nothing to do with the border. Those provisions, which raise the prospect of warrantless access to information about Internet subscribers, establish new global production orders of subscriber information, and envision new levels of access to data held by electronic service providers, mark the latest attempt in a longstanding campaign by Canadian law enforcement for lawful access legislation. Stymied by the Supreme Court of Canada (which has ruled that there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in subscriber data) and by repeated failures to present a compelling evidentiary case for warrantless access, law enforcement has instead tried to frame lawful access as essential to address everything from organized crime to cyber-bullying to (now) border safety. Much like the government’s overreach last year on online harms, Bill C-2 overreaches by including measures on Internet subscriber data that have nothing to do with border safety or security but raise privacy and civil liberties concerns that are bound to spark opposition. This post provides the background on lawful access and an overview of some Bill C-2’s provisions with more details on key elements to come.
Michael Geist Notes Inclusion of Age Estimation in Bill S-209
With the introduction of age verification, I ran an analysis of the bill. Michael Geist did the same and noted the age estimation provisions.
https://www.freezenet.ca/michael-geist-notes-inclusion-of-age-estimation-in-bill-s-209/
#Censorship #News #AgeEstimation #AgeVerification #BillS209 #Canada #legislation #MichaelGeist
Canadian Government Says It Wants to Charge Meta for News Screenshots
The Canadian government is considering doubling down on the disaster that was the Online News Act. Says it might charge Meta for screenshots of news.
Everything about the Online News Act has been a predictable disaster.
https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-government-says-it-wants-to-charge-meta-for-news-screenshots/
#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #LinkTax #Meta #MichaelGeist #OnlineNewsAct #TaylorOwen
A rare copyright win for the public – but a small one, only in Canada, and possibly temporary
It is extraordinary that within the copyright world it is accepted dogma that legal protections for this intellectual monopoly should always get stronger – creating a kind of copyright ratchet. One of the manifestations of this belief was the WIPO Copyright Treaty, signed in 1996, which extended copyright in important ways. A key element was the prohibition of any […]
#antiCircumvention #canada #digitalLocks #dmca #DRM #eu #fairDealing #fairUse #informationSocietyDirective #michaelGeist #wipo
https://walledculture.org/a-rare-copyright-win-for-the-public-but-a-small-one-only-in-canada-and-possibly-temporary/
Is the Online Harms Bill Getting Decent Reviews or is Michael Geist Jumping the Gun?
Recent comments made by by Michael Geist suggest that critics have already reached conclusions with the Online Harms Bill. Is that premature?
#Censorship #News #BillC63 #Canada #MichaelGeist #OnlineHarmsBill
Here We Go Again: Government Dismisses Bill C-63 Concerns as “Clickbait”
Concerns are being raised about Bill C-63, otherwise known as the Online Harms Bill. Government officials are now saying concerns are just "clickbait".
https://www.freezenet.ca/here-we-go-again-government-dismisses-bill-c-63-concerns-as-clickbait/
#Censorship #News #BillC63 #Canada #government #MichaelGeist
Is the Online Harms Bill Getting Decent Reviews or is Michael Geist Jumping the Gun?
Recent comments made by by Michael Geist suggest that critics have already reached conclusions with the Online Harms Bill. Is that premature?
Yesterday, we were discussing the things we were looking out for the day the le
#Censorship #News #BillC63 #Canada #MichaelGeist #OnlineHarmsBill
Senator Julie Miville-Dechene Grows Frustrated, Calls What Her Bill Actually Does “Ridiculous”
Tempers are starting to flare up for Senator Julie Miville-Dechene. She attacked people with accurate interpretations of her bill.
Canada's mass inte
#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #BillS210 #Canada #JulieMivilleDechene #MichaelGeist #senator
CRTC Hearings: Michael Geist Warns of the Consequences of Treating Streamers as ATMs
We continue our coverage of the CRTC hearings. Today, we are covering Michael Geist who apparently made his first CRTC appearance.
We are continuing our coverage of the CRTC hearings. The CRTC is hol
#Censorship #Copyright #News #BillC11 #CRTC #hearing #MichaelGeist #OnlineStreamingAct
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