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Pernicious privacy risks of foreign partnerships
For Canada to be an AI leader, it must first mitigate hidden privacy risks
Sharon Polsky MAPP
Canada's Assisted Suicide Crisis
The sinister culture of death in Canadian healthcare
Nigel Hannaford
I research the harm that can come to teenagers on social media. I don’t support a ban
Blanket bans risk misunderstanding both the problem and the solution
Emily Setty, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Surrey
The People’s Consultation on AI
Can a 30-day public consultation on something as important as artificial intelligence regulation be enough?
Sharon Polsky MAPP
AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’
If AI-generated photos aren’t “real”, what’s the harm?
Alex Fisher
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How ChatGPT could change the face of advertising, without you even knowing about it
AI wants to get to know you better, and then sell to you.
Nessa Keddo
12/24/2025
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What Surveys Say About You
Having our say by responding to surveys often reveals more than we bargain for
Sharon Polsky MAPP
12/03/2025
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Tracking with care: The ethics of using location tracking technology with people living with dementia
Real-time tracking is increasingly used to track dementia patients. But should it be?
Madalena Pamela Liougas, Alisa Grigorovich
12/01/2025
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What the Canadian government is missing on AI
What's needed to develop a credible national digital strategy
Natasha Tusikov, Blayne Haggart
11/21/2025
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AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
As as chatbots have become more sophisticated they have also become better at lying and manipulating
Lucy Osler
11/18/2025
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Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information
People feeling that their data is being collected at every turn leaves many numb to the issue of data privacy.
Rohan Grover and Josh Widera
11/10/2025
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Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes — no wonder we’re addicted
Smartphones capture our attention and cultivate our loyalty
Stephen Monteiro
10/20/2025
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The Human Crisis of AI Exceptionalism: the case of Diella, Albania’s ‘AI Minister’
In AI we trust
Luisa Maciel Perez, Martin Démas
10/10/2025
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Bill C-4 privacy enhancements are modest and fail to regulate politicians’ use of social bots
Social bots and automated social media accounts slip into our online conversations and imitate humans
Sophia Melanson Ricciardone
10/06/2025
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Children’s best interests should anchor Canada’s approach to their online privacy
Without deliberate digital safeguards, our society risks compromising children’s abilities to develop empathy and emotional resilience
10/06/2025
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The Lawful Access Problem: Every Backdoor Becomes Someone’s Front Door
There’s no such thing as a safe backdoor. “Lawful access” means building a weakness into encryption that governments promise only they’ll use. History shows us that every lawful backdoor eventually becomes a criminal’s front door.
Jiri Fiala
09/08/2025
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Rethinking digital humanitarianism: Trust, privacy and technocolonialism
Humanitarian aid comes at a high personal price
Abdul Aziz
08/26/2025
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