Michael Geist: When it comes to antisemitism, the sound of silence is loud in Canada
My opinion piece on what has become a sound of silence when it comes to antisemitism in Canada:
“It is hard to think of any other group that is not only denied its own ability to identify harms but is painted as acting nefariously when it does so.”
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25.07.2025 13:07 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Jewish community constitutes less than 1% of Canada’s population yet once again it is the most targeted group for hate crimes in the country according to Statscan data on police reporting.
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24.07.2025 14:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A big brother bill
Experts say Bill C-2 lowers the bar and broadens the scope to allow more access by police and intelligence agents to Canadians’ private data
Excellent look at the risks with Bill C-2, the government’s lawful access bill that is buried in border measures legislation:
“(The provisions) do more to expand the state’s power to access private data in Canada than any law in the past decade.”
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22.07.2025 15:31 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
From Politico Canada this morning: Prime Minister Carney said to have confirmed that permanent removal of the digital service tax via legislation coming in the fall.
22.07.2025 14:33 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by CityNews
TikTok’s last ditch effort to keep operating in Canada | The Big Story
Fun to chat about TikTok's future in Canada on today's The Big Story podcast. Hard to make sense of the current policy in which it seems everyone loses.
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18.07.2025 13:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Successful intervention for @cippic.bsky.social in Voltage Pictures v. Salna, a reverse class action file sharing case. Court specifically agrees with its submission on Parliament’s intent to limit ISP involvement in copyright infringement litigation.
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17.07.2025 15:19 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Clearview AI privacy class action is back on in Quebec. Federal Court of Appeal overturns lower court decision that dismissed motion for class certification. Heads back to Federal Court determine if the class can be certified.
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17.07.2025 14:40 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
U.K. Government Formally Rejects Streaming Levy, Doubles Down on Mixed Production Ecology
U.K. government rejects streaming platform levy and multiple film industry recommendations while emphasizing benefits of international investments.
UK chooses competition over cultural handouts as it rejects levy on streaming platforms and mandatory IP retention. Significant implications for future investment decisions that will ultimately hurt Canada, given regulatory moves in the opposite direction.
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16.07.2025 16:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Opinion: Ottawa’s approach to TikTok is an incoherent failure
The government planned to ban the company from operating in Canada but the app would remain available without restriction
My Globe op-ed on Canada’s approach to TikTok, which leaves us with the worst of all worlds: less protection against security and privacy risks, less support for the cultural sector, and less certainty about what the government is trying to achieve.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
15.07.2025 21:26 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Antisemitism in Ontario’s K-12 Schools
Full report on antisemitism in Ontario schools posted online. It finds a “climate of fear” where students are afraid to report antisemitic incidents, hide their identity, and actively engage in self-censorship which leads to undercounting of the problem.
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
14.07.2025 15:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
One potential fix to Canada’s outdated access-to-info system would be to make full text of records available by default online. Yet the biggest barrier to that approach has been Canada’s language laws. @deanbeeby.bsky.social joins @lawbytes.bsky.social podcast to discuss.
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14.07.2025 15:32 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“Silence in the face of antisemitism is not neutrality - it is complicity”: Hundreds of antisemitic incidents targeting children at Ontario schools with 75% occurring in Toronto, York Region or Ottawa. Report says more than half were never investigated.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
14.07.2025 13:59 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Attending lawful access briefing (Bill C-2) this afternoon when official matter of factly says “as you know, there was no consultation on the bill prior to introduction”. Most tough issues apparently left for regulations. Bill with huge privacy implications and responses are basically trust us.
10.07.2025 19:10 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
McMaster U Faculty Assoc has voted to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression by committing to remaining neutral with respect to views of its members. Model for others. Motion:
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Analysis:
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10.07.2025 17:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Interesting catch by Politico Canada: support for AI Minister Evan Solomon now comes solely from Industry Canada. Canadian Heritage no longer involved. Implications for AI and copyright issue, since copyright typically shared between those departments?
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10.07.2025 13:38 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
What happens to the news business when people stop clicking? - The Logic
AI has upended how the web works, and search traffic is plummeting. In a world of content scraping bots and ‘Google Zero,’ journalism needs a new plan.
Two years ago, Canadian media prioritized getting paid for links over changing tech reality. At the time, I wrote “the Online News Act is written for a different era entirely. In fact, the bill acts as if AI does not exist at all.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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07.07.2025 15:57 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Information Technology is Evil
London City Councillor Ward 6, Professor Emeritus University of Western Ontario. Subscribe to my Ward 6 Newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/feb71126049c/ward6newsletter
Hater of solutionism. Books: The Net Delusion; To Save Everything Click Here. Podcasts: The Santiago Boys. A Sense of Rebellion. Founder: The Syllabus.
I like wind. (Not just my own!) Will be a journalist forever. Was CBC, now on Substack, Women of Ill Repute.
Canada Research Chair in cybersecurity law and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary. Working at the intersection of all things tech law and human rights - online safety, freedom of expression, privacy, platforms, AI, security.
Professor, teachers, scholar, constitutional aficionado, Blue Jays fan, baseball lover, history buff, bibliophile
Working for a better internet that enables everyone, everywhere, to thrive.
tech, social justice, inclusive markets | philanthropic advisor + honorary senior research fellow UCL Laws | ex OSF global tech & society director
Independent Canadian author and journalist, specialist in freedom-of-information laws, Ottawa-based. deanbeeby.ca | deanbeeby.substack.com. Author of 'Murder in Renfrew County' (2024, Lorimer); 'Mass Murder, Police Mayhem' (2023, Formac).
Privacy and surveillance author, researcher, teacher, advocate and policy wonk (not necessarily in that order) living in Victoria BC.
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Professor of Privacy, Cybersecurity, and IT Contract Law at Maastricht University & Founding Partner ICT Legal Consulting
Lawyer & policy wonk working in digital health. JD via @uoft.bsky.social, LL.M (privacy/cyber) via @osgoodenews.bsky.social. CIPP/C. ISTJ. News junkie. Word nerd.
Director of the BOAI Org & Open Knowledge Advocate | Open Access to Research, Open Education & Progressive Copyright Reform
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