Robert Diab
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Professor in the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University. More
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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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ai
Open-weight models and the future of AI
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
How Bill C-34 Will Change Our Relationships with AI
Will Canada's new AI strategy make a difference in practical terms?
Could Canada's new AI data centres be obsolete by the time they're built?
The Case for Canada's AI Data Centres Is Thinner Than It Looks
How AI Is Changing Work in Canada
Would banning kids from social media and AI be constitutional?
Political deepfakes are only a symptom of Canada's online news vacuum
Is AI Really Destined to Destroy Democracy, Law, and Education?
Sexual Deepfakes and Sextortion: Why New Crimes Won’t Solve the Problem
Authorship After AI
When AI Turns Deadly: Are Model Makers Responsible?
Testing the waters with Deep Research
Are sexual deepfakes not a crime in Canada?
charter
Parliament Has Amended Bill C-22, But Has It Addressed the Biggest Privacy Concerns?
Pressure Mounts on Canada's Lawful Access Bill
Canada’s Metadata Retention Plan Would Make It an Outlier
Would banning kids from social media and AI be constitutional?
The Charter Statement on the lawful access bill is misleading and incomplete
An Open Letter on Bill C-22
Is the Power to Preserve Everyone’s Metadata Constitutional?
Ottawa Reboots Its Lawful Access Bill: What C-22 Fixes and What It Doesn’t
Powers in the new Cyber Security Act are invasive — but do they violate the Charter?
Five ways to fix bill C-2 – and better protect our privacy
Bill C-2 Backgrounder - the missing manual!
Major new search powers in the Strong Borders Act: are they constitutional?
Are your texts still private when police hijack your recipient’s identity?
democracy
Who controls how we get the news?
Political deepfakes are only a symptom of Canada's online news vacuum
Is AI Really Destined to Destroy Democracy, Law, and Education?
expression
Will Canadians now have to prove their age to use social media?
Would banning kids from social media and AI be constitutional?
Political deepfakes are only a symptom of Canada's online news vacuum
Do CSIS and Police Really Need More ‘Lawful Intercept’ Powers?
Will Canada’s new hate crime bill impact free speech online?
lawful access
Parliament Has Amended Bill C-22, But Has It Addressed the Biggest Privacy Concerns?
Pressure Mounts on Canada's Lawful Access Bill
Canada’s Metadata Retention Plan Would Make It an Outlier
The Charter Statement on the lawful access bill is misleading and incomplete
An Open Letter on Bill C-22
Is the Power to Preserve Everyone’s Metadata Constitutional?
Ottawa Reboots Its Lawful Access Bill: What C-22 Fixes and What It Doesn’t
Bill C-2 Backgrounder - the missing manual!
Major new search powers in the Strong Borders Act: are they constitutional?
privacy
Why safety measures for social media and AI in Bill C-34 cannot be made effective without harming privacy
Parliament Has Amended Bill C-22, But Has It Addressed the Biggest Privacy Concerns?
Pressure Mounts on Canada's Lawful Access Bill
Canada’s Metadata Retention Plan Would Make It an Outlier
The Charter Statement on the lawful access bill is misleading and incomplete
An Open Letter on Bill C-22
Is the Power to Preserve Everyone’s Metadata Constitutional?
Ottawa Reboots Its Lawful Access Bill: What C-22 Fixes and What It Doesn’t
Sexual Deepfakes and Sextortion: Why New Crimes Won’t Solve the Problem
Powers in the new Cyber Security Act are invasive — but do they violate the Charter?
Five ways to fix bill C-2 – and better protect our privacy
Bill C-2 Backgrounder - the missing manual!
Major new search powers in the Strong Borders Act: are they constitutional?
Are sexual deepfakes not a crime in Canada?
Are your texts still private when police hijack your recipient’s identity?
social media
Why safety measures for social media and AI in Bill C-34 cannot be made effective without harming privacy
How Bill C-34 Will Change Our Relationships with AI
Will Canadians now have to prove their age to use social media?
Why TikTok’s challenge to the order to leave Canada will fail - and how