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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

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

Children in a classroom looking at a computer

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

Teaser goes here

09/04/2024

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

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

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

Is someone watching you?

Facial recognition tech is here and Canada offers little privacy protection

Canada’s three main federal political parties are working together to fight voter privacy rights

One rule for we. Another for thee.

Political Parties and the Public’s Privacy

Political campaigning is becoming “data-driven” but without enforceable privacy rules

OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren’t AI regulation — they’re surveillance

A pipeline from private AI interactions to law enforcement, administered by a corporation, governed by proprietary policy

Microsoft’s AI deal promises Canada digital sovereignty, but is that a pledge it can keep

US-based tech companies and every email, trade secret, and bit of metadata are at risk

Consent Applies to More than Sex

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

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.

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

Teaser goes here

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.

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

What happens when regulators give up?

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.