Robert Diab

Law professor at Thompson Rivers University, writing about AI and digital freedoms in Canada. More here

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Will more transparency about AI make you trust it more?
Who controls how we get the news?
Why safety measures for social media and AI in Bill C-34 cannot be made effective without harming privacy
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2026

Open-weight models and the future of AI
29 Jul 2026
Will more transparency about AI make you trust it more?
27 Jul 2026
Who controls how we get the news?
21 Jul 2026
Why safety measures for social media and AI in Bill C-34 cannot be made effective without harming privacy
7 Jul 2026
Parliament Has Amended Bill C-22, But Has It Addressed the Biggest Privacy Concerns?
19 Jun 2026
How Bill C-34 Will Change Our Relationships with AI
16 Jun 2026
Will Canadians now have to prove their age to use social media?
11 Jun 2026
Will Canada’s new AI strategy make a difference in practical terms?
5 Jun 2026
Could Canada’s new AI data centres be obsolete by the time they’re built?
28 May 2026
The Case for Canada’s AI Data Centres Is Thinner Than It Looks
26 May 2026
Pressure Mounts on Canada’s Lawful Access Bill
21 May 2026
How AI Is Changing Work in Canada
19 May 2026
Canada’s Metadata Retention Plan Would Make It an Outlier
14 May 2026
Would banning kids from social media and AI be constitutional?
12 May 2026
The Charter Statement on the lawful access bill is misleading and incomplete
7 May 2026
An Open Letter on Bill C-22
4 May 2026
Political deepfakes are only a symptom of Canada’s online news vacuum
30 Apr 2026
Is the Power to Preserve Everyone’s Metadata Constitutional?
19 Mar 2026
Ottawa Reboots Its Lawful Access Bill: What C-22 Fixes and What It Doesn’t
14 Mar 2026
Is AI Really Destined to Destroy Democracy, Law, and Education?
20 Jan 2026
Sexual Deepfakes and Sextortion: Why New Crimes Won’t Solve the Problem
14 Jan 2026

2025

Powers in the new Cyber Security Act are invasive — but do they violate the Charter?
27 Dec 2025
Five ways to fix bill C-2 – and better protect our privacy
17 Dec 2025
Do CSIS and Police Really Need More ‘Lawful Intercept’ Powers?
25 Oct 2025
Will Canada’s new hate crime bill impact free speech online?
26 Sep 2025
Authorship After AI
19 Sep 2025
When AI Turns Deadly: Are Model Makers Responsible?
30 Aug 2025
Bill C-2 Backgrounder - the missing manual!
23 Jul 2025
Major new search powers in the Strong Borders Act: are they constitutional?
8 Jun 2025
Testing the waters with Deep Research
4 Mar 2025
Are sexual deepfakes not a crime in Canada?
11 Jan 2025
Why TikTok’s challenge to the order to leave Canada will fail - and how
5 Jan 2025

2024

Are your texts still private when police hijack your recipient’s identity?
21 Dec 2024