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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
> Heck, China, Israel, India, South Korea, and Taiwan all have larger tech industries than Canada and have much stricter internet speech requirements (and in Israel and Taiwan's case are much smaller than Canada population wise). Th
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
Both the conservatives and the NDP have been fighting against Bill C-22.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
> It's online and easy to read That's not true. Most people are not legal experts with extensive expertise in technology, knowledge of how Canadian courts will interpret the legislation, and knowledge of how governments around
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
The Liberal party members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) are: * Jean-Yves Duclos: jean-yves.duclos@parl.gc.ca * Sima Acan: sima.acan@parl.gc.ca * Marianne Dandurand: marianne.dandurand@parl.gc.ca * A
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
That is a lie. None of those countries other than maybe China have laws requiring encryption backdoors. Suspicionless bulk metadata retention is also illegal in the EU, and no such law existing in many of those other democracies you listed.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
There will be a SECU Committee meeting on C-22 later today, where the committee will be performing a clause by clause review of Bill C-22, and voting on amendments. It may be the final meeting. You can watch it live by clicking the "Wa
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
Its far worse than the Patriot Act. Its legislation that attempts to weaken and break encryption so that law enforcement and others can access encrypted communications. It also seeks to require mandatory suspicionless metadata for all onlin
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
Nothing will ever be enough for the anti-privacy fanatics pushing for this. They will always demand more.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
The UK should just be banned from modern technology until their government has evolved socially enough to respect privacy. Companies need to pull out and stay out, because that's the only way the UK government will learn a lesson.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
That's not what the UK is demanding. They want client side scanning malware that breaks DRM, circumvents encryption and VPNs, and bypasses other security features in order to scan everything visible on your screen.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
There's no such thing as private or anonymous age verification. It doesn't exist.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
What the UK is trying to do here is evil and authoritarian. Its the sort of thing people brushed off as conspiracy theories not long ago. It is completely and utterly unacceptable.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
> Why did they think clicking "Yes" on an "I am 18 years of age" popup was sufficient? Because that is the only acceptable solution and it doesn't violate user privacy. Other than off-by-default parental controls
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
> require any account to be in "child mode" until you can prove you're an adult. That means unacceptable privacy violations that hurts every child and adult.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
Unless you make age verification and age assurance illegal with massive fines that are larger than your proposed fines, that is a terrible idea.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
Until there is zero societal stigma towards sex and legal sexual preferences, mandatory age verification for adult content is completely unacceptable. Mandatory age verification for adult content should be illegal.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
If you know anyone who uses WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage, and other encrypted apps, tell them to speak up now. Otherwise tell them to be prepared to pay for a foreign VPN to continue using the service. They may also need to create a foreign I
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Analysis of Canadian Surveillance Law Expansion Under Bill C-22 – CitizenLab(citizenlab.ca)
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
The lawsuit is also demanding mandatory age verification to use AI in the first place.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
The legislation intentionally defines "electronic service" extremely vaguely so that it can apply to almost anything software and technology related: > electronic service means a service, or a feature of a service, that involve
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
The RCMP confirmed yesterday in a Canadian parliament SECU Committee meeting that Bill C-22 is meant to give them encryption backdoors. * Source: https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/rcmp-confirms-bill-c-22-... Var
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
We should be focusing only on solutions that don't violate user privacy.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 4mo ago
Because your "solution" creates massive privacy violations unless age verification and age assurance are banned, and result in even larger fines.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
In the video from the CBC Gary Anandasangaree specifically mentions that the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) has been lobbying him for this legislation, and that he recently met with them to reaffirm his commitment to passing it.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
Why? Because its better to message multiple government officials, rather than betting on a single one. MPs also have a different role than government ministers do.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
That's a months old article, though I'm not sure why it was locked? The r/Canada subreddit unfortunately does not allow articles that the mods deem to be "blog posts" or from organizations they don't consider t
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
Doing nothing is guaranteed to fail. Apathy only helps the bad guys win. Messaging campaigns at least have a chance of influencing things.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
I think there could also be some lobbying from Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P). C3P's site is filled with anti-encryption and anti-privacy disinformation, and they are a major Chat Control lobbyist in the EU. They are also c
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
That article appears to be slightly biased in favor of attacks on privacy, and it omits important details like the UK's ongoing consultation includes questions on banning VPNs.
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by EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
Both the mandatory data retention and encryption backdoor requirements will cause encrypted messaging services like Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, Matrix, and others to block both Canadians and Canadian businesses from their services. If you l

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