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Woman with "yes" and "no" written on the palms of her upturned hands

Consent Applies to More than Sex

Consent Awareness Week is an annual reminder that everyone has the right to be respected and safe

Sharon Polsky

09/16/2024

Children in a classroom looking at a computer

Educational apps for children: What parents and educators should look for and ignore

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09/04/2024

Artificial intelligence should not be allowed to adjudicate cases in Canada’s Federal Court

Clear policies are necessary for the applications of AI in legal systems.

Bryce J. Casavant, Royal Roads University; Andrea Menard, Royal Roads University, and Siomonn Pulla, Royal Roads University

09/04/2024

Australia’s privacy regulator just dropped its case against ‘troubling’ facial recognition company Clearview AI. Now what?

What happens when regulators give up?

Rita Matulionyte

08/27/2024

Meta's Zuckerberg 'Regrets' Caving To Biden's Pressure Before And After 2020 Election

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he won't double over for Biden again, while admitting to pressure to 'demote' unflattering content.

Martin Barillas

08/27/2024

AI used by police cannot tell Black people apart and other reasons Canada’s AI laws need urgent attention

Even laws intended to regulate private sector use of AI should offer rules of engagement for criminal justice agencies using the technology

Kevin Walby, Gustavo da Costa Markowicz, and Oluwasola Mary Adedayo

08/26/2024

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

It’s not you: App privacy settings really can be complicated.

Joseph K. Nwankpa, Miami University

08/23/2024

How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics

In our increasingly digitized world, how do we know whether the accounts we interact with online are other humans or bots?

Sophia Melanson Ricciardone, McMaster University

08/02/2024

AI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics

A legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare

Anne Toomey McKenna

07/28/2024

Placard stating "We condemn freedom of speech that hurts other people's feelings"

The Bill That Could Kill Free Speech in Canada

If you thought things couldn’t get any more Orwellian in Canada, hold on to your hockey sticks.

Angelos Kyriakides

07/01/2024

Surveillance, illustrated by the silhouette of a man in front of a data wall

Here’s How Machine Learning Can Violate Your Privacy

If your data was used to train an AI, it might — or might not — be safe from prying eyes

Jordan Awan

05/29/2024

The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

A trio of bills before Canada’s Parliament show how proposed cures can be worse than the disease.

Sharon Polsky

05/15/2024

U.S./Israel Unity Is Required To Stop Iran's Nuclear Weaponization

What Israel needs is not a specific munition or platform, but a partnership with the U.S. to address Iranian terror.

Trump Saves Higher Education By Forcing Changes At Columbia University

The president achieved the seemingly impossible goal of undoing the woke grip on schools that is destroying American society. And it was easier than anyone thought.

Who owns digital data about you?

In the digital economy, data is more than just information – it is an asset with immense economic and strategic value.

CBDC: What it is and how it could impact privacy, security, and anonymity

The adoption of a central bank digital currency could undermine rights and freedoms

Porn companies must take strong action to protect privacy and prevent future harms

Pornhub’s practices fail to ensure meaningful consent has been obtained from everyone appearing in videos uploaded to the platform

Consent Applies to More than Sex

Consent Awareness Week is an annual reminder that everyone has the right to be respected and safe

Educational apps for children: What parents and educators should look for and ignore

Teaser goes here

Artificial intelligence should not be allowed to adjudicate cases in Canada’s Federal Court

Clear policies are necessary for the applications of AI in legal systems.

Australia’s privacy regulator just dropped its case against ‘troubling’ facial recognition company Clearview AI. Now what?

What happens when regulators give up?

Meta's Zuckerberg 'Regrets' Caving To Biden's Pressure Before And After 2020 Election

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he won't double over for Biden again, while admitting to pressure to 'demote' unflattering content.

AI used by police cannot tell Black people apart and other reasons Canada’s AI laws need urgent attention

Even laws intended to regulate private sector use of AI should offer rules of engagement for criminal justice agencies using the technology

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

It’s not you: App privacy settings really can be complicated.

How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics

In our increasingly digitized world, how do we know whether the accounts we interact with online are other humans or bots?

AI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics

A legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare

The Bill That Could Kill Free Speech in Canada

If you thought things couldn’t get any more Orwellian in Canada, hold on to your hockey sticks.

Here’s How Machine Learning Can Violate Your Privacy

If your data was used to train an AI, it might — or might not — be safe from prying eyes

The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

A trio of bills before Canada’s Parliament show how proposed cures can be worse than the disease.