Michael Geist

Words Are Not Enough: Countering Relentless Antisemitic Violence in Canada With Action michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/words-…

The U.S. Congress isn’t messing around with the proposed legislation targeting Canada’s Online Streaming Act. Calls into question whether CUSMA cultural exemption even applies to the digital delivery of services and mandates retaliation if the law remains on the books unchanged.

Would it matter to you if your cellphone provider were forced to preserve information about where and when you used your phone, and who you were in touch with, for possible use by police? Why I think this new power in Bill C-22 violates the Charter: robertdiab.ca/posts/metadata…

House Republicans introduce bill to go after Canada's Online Streaming Act - bill seeks a Section 301 investigation into Bill C-11 which requires tech companies to contribute to the creation of Canadian content [sub req] subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/0…

“Applying the Online Harms Act to AI chatbots would not simply extend existing online safety rules to a new technology. It would require dismantling core privacy safeguards” x.com/TheHubCanada/s…

Bill C-22’s privacy tradeoff: warrantless access for some subscriber information that was previously proposed may be gone, but in its place the government is establishing a lower threshold for a court order for that information than is currently required. x.com/mgeist/status/…

The Hidden Lawful Access Tradeoff: How Bill C-22 Lowers the Evidentiary Standards for Police Access to Subscriber Information michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/the-hi…

.@mgeist: Ottawa is trying to regulate AI chatbots—and going about it the exact wrong way thehub.ca/2026/03/19/ott…

The Facebook case involving Cambridge Analytica is before the Supreme Court of Canada being argued this morning. Major issues involving consent and interpretation of Canadian privacy law at stake. Stream available at scc-csc.ca/cases-dossiers…

The Lawful Access Privacy Risks: Unpacking Bill C-22’s Expansive Metadata Retention Requirements michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/the-la…

To protect our Jewish community, we are deploying military personnel to support security on our streets. The safety of every citizen must be guaranteed. Antisemitism and hatred against Jews will never be tolerated. We will stand firm against it, always.

For three-quarters of a century, Jewish life in Canada has been largely colored by hope, renewal, and generally speaking, a sense of belonging. But since October 7, and after a surge of antisemitism in the country, more and more Jews are feeling like Canada might not be their permanent home. Read the full story: thefp.com/p/canada-no-lo…

Tune in here on Thursday morning at 9:30 Eastern Time to watch the Supreme Court of Canada appeal in Facebook v. Privacy Commissioner of Canada. This is a very important case about meaningful consent and safeguarding personal information. scc-csc.ca/cases-dossiers…

“Antisemitism is infecting daily life – violently and openly. But also more quietly, even silently. Each act, from microaggression to murder, fuses to create an atmosphere of normalcy for this hatred. And for the hated? Fear.” x.com/globeandmail/s…

Opinion: Antisemitism has reached alarming levels. Now what? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Much of the debate around the new lawful access bill has focused on provisions that improved upon Bill C-2. But there are some major privacy risks buried in the new bill. Topping the list: new regulations for mandatory metadata retention for up to a year. x.com/mgeist/status/…

When someone showed up to the Freedom Convoy with a swastika, nearly every mainstream media organization reported on it. Unless I’ve missed it, I don’t see a single report on the open use of imagery that could’ve been plucked from the pages of Der Stürmer

Asked about the FOI changes, Ford defends the need to keep his cell phone records private. Then he adds: “We’ve got to protect ourselves against the Communist Chinese that are infiltrating our country, Canada, the US, everything.”

Hundreds of scientists and technology experts have issued a public letter warning about the privacy, safety and discrimination risks of age verification technologies. @uwaterloo professor Ian Goldberg joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the risks. x.com/mgeist/status/…