This is an excellent piece on Bill C-63 and algorithmic content and prompted a great conversation with Robert Diab. My take is that algorithms are covered explicitly for kids with safety by design mandate and implicitly with duty to act responsibly. But he raises a deeper issue/1

Yes, I was wondering about this…

Should social media be forced to give us more control over algorithms? Would it be constitutional? A question I explore here... techpolicy.press/the-case-for-m…

"The Texas and Florida laws banning platform censorship based on viewpoint were obviously on dangerous grounds by overtly dictating what private companies could say or not say," writes Robert Diab. Details: cigionline.org/articles/has-t…

Not my title, but does capture the gist of it... theconversation.com/apple-intellig…

A high schooler in Toronto used AI to make sexual images of classmates, police weren't sure it was a crime. On the gap in the Code that makes it harder to prevent this...substack.com/home/post/p-15…

In our 'law and AI' course, we had a great debate about using AI on law school exams and assignments. Here's what I learned... slaw.ca/2025/03/26/sho…

On the raft of new search powers in the Strong Borders Act and Charter fault lines… theconversation.com/the-proposed-s…

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 236: Robert Diab (Robert Diab) on the Return of Lawful Access michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/law-by…

I noticed a big uptake in student use of AI this spring at TRU Law. Does this prevent you from becoming a good lawyer? Topic of my new post at Slaw.ca slaw.ca/2025/07/01/sho…

A closer look at the new lawful access act in bill c-2 for CIGI... cigionline.org/articles/canad…

Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act — does it mean stronger enforcement powers for Canada, or does it just open the door to dangerous exploitation? Read on in Professor Robert Diab's latest for CIGI, “Canada’s Lawful Access Bill: Heavy on Secrecy, Light on Accountability.”

Excellent look at the risks with Bill C-2, the government’s lawful access bill that is buried in border measures legislation: “(The provisions) do more to expand the state’s power to access private data in Canada than any law in the past decade.” nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles…

Bill C-2 Backgrounder — the missing manual! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…