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"id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd5840360", "title": "Why The Recent TikTok Privacy Ruling Swaps Privacy for Increased Surveillance", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/why-the-recent-tiktok-privacy-ruling-swaps-privacy-for-increased-surveillance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-recent-tiktok-privacy-ruling-swaps-privacy-for-increased-surveillance", "published_at": "2025-10-08T13:03:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd64fc5ee", "title": "Robson Hall’s Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series: Dr. Michael Geist on Canada’s Digital Policy Failure", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/robson-halls-distinguished-visitors-lecture-series-dr-michael-geist-on-canadas-digital-policy-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robson-halls-distinguished-visitors-lecture-series-dr-michael-geist-on-canadas-digital-policy-failure", "published_at": "2025-10-07T14:26:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd6963776", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risks", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/law-bytes-podcast-episode-245/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-245", "published_at": "2025-10-06T12:15:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd7535cb6", "title": "No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Digital IDs and the Dangers of a Surveillance State with Michael Geist", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/no-nonsense-with-pamela-wallin-digital-ids-and-the-dangers-of-a-surveillance-state-with-michael-geist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-nonsense-with-pamela-wallin-digital-ids-and-the-dangers-of-a-surveillance-state-with-michael-geist", "published_at": "2025-10-02T01:57:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd79c5b15", "title": "The Sound Off Podcast: Michael Geist: The CRTC Slow Train", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/09/the-sound-off-podcast-michael-geist-the-crtc-slow-train/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sound-off-podcast-michael-geist-the-crtc-slow-train", "published_at": "2025-09-24T01:49:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd830528c", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Law", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/09/law-bytes-podcast-episode-244/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-244", "published_at": "2025-09-22T12:15:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd8565ccd", "title": "Government Doubles Down in Defending Bill C-2’s Information Demand Powers That Open the Door to Warrantless Access of Personal Information", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/09/government-doubles-down-in-defending-bill-c-2s-information-demand-powers-that-open-the-door-to-warrantless-access-of-personal-information/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-doubles-down-in-defending-bill-c-2s-information-demand-powers-that-open-the-door-to-warrantless-access-of-personal-information", "published_at": "2025-09-17T15:20:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd880c589", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 243: What Are Canada’s Digital Policy Plans as Parliament Returns from the Summer Break?", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/09/law-bytes-podcast-episode-243/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-243", "published_at": "2025-09-15T12:15:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe4-4202-73e9-b4d1-c9ffd95eda2b", "title": "Grocery Shopping While Jewish", "url": 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"01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b57488066", "title": "Out of Nowhere: TIFF Undermines Artistic Freedom of Expression With Forced Name Change of October 7th Documentary", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/out-of-nowhere-tiff-undermines-artistic-freedom-of-expression-with-forced-name-change-of-october-7th-documentary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=out-of-nowhere-tiff-undermines-artistic-freedom-of-expression-with-forced-name-change-of-october-7th-documentary", "published_at": "2025-08-18T10:50:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b57700c03", "title": "TIFF Removes October 7th Documentary Film From Schedule Citing Implausible Copyright Clearance Concerns From Hamas Terror Footage", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/tiffremoval/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiffremoval", "published_at": "2025-08-14T06:18:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b57b7b748", "title": "Carney’s Digital Recalibration: How the Government is Trending Away from Justin Trudeau’s Digital Policy", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/carneys-digital-recalibration-how-the-government-is-trending-away-from-justin-trudeaus-digital-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carneys-digital-recalibration-how-the-government-is-trending-away-from-justin-trudeaus-digital-policy", "published_at": "2025-08-08T14:58:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b58527582", "title": "Let Competition Be the Guide: Why the Government and CRTC Got It Right on Wholesale Fibre Broadband Access", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/let-competition-be-the-guide-why-the-government-and-crtc-got-it-right-on-wholesale-fibre-broadband-access/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=let-competition-be-the-guide-why-the-government-and-crtc-got-it-right-on-wholesale-fibre-broadband-access", "published_at": "2025-08-07T12:15:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b590cda35", "title": "Commentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Data", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/commentary-ensuring-the-sovereignty-and-security-of-canadian-health-data/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commentary-ensuring-the-sovereignty-and-security-of-canadian-health-data", "published_at": "2025-07-30T12:10:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b59b9f330", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast Law Society of Ontario CPD Professionalism Pack", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/the-law-bytes-podcast-law-society-of-ontario-cpd-professionalism-pack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-law-bytes-podcast-law-society-of-ontario-cpd-professionalism-pack", "published_at": "2025-07-29T12:10:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b5aa17163", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 242: Sukesh Kamra on Law Firm Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/law-bytes-podcast-episode-242/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-242", "published_at": "2025-07-28T12:15:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbe7-8505-7274-843b-d26b5b8eb808", "title": "The Sound of Silence: On Being Jewish in Canada in 2025", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/the-sound-of-silence-on-being-jewish-in-canada-in-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sound-of-silence-on-being-jewish-in-canada-in-2025", "published_at": "2025-07-25T12:20:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-c574-70d7-a2f0-25b3fb61ec05", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Has Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Culture", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/law-bytes-podcast-episode-241/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-241", "published_at": "2025-07-21T12:48:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-c574-70d7-a2f0-25b3fb90b40b", "title": "The Big Story: TikTok’s last ditch effort to keep operating in Canada", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/the-big-story-tiktoks-last-ditch-effort-to-keep-operating-in-canada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-big-story-tiktoks-last-ditch-effort-to-keep-operating-in-canada", "published_at": "2025-07-17T01:48:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-c574-70d7-a2f0-25b3fc17a369", "title": "BNN Bloomberg: Ottawa’s approach to TikTok an incoherent failure", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/bnn-bloomberg-ottawas-approach-to-tiktok-an-incoherent-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bnn-bloomberg-ottawas-approach-to-tiktok-an-incoherent-failure", "published_at": "2025-07-16T14:18:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbeb-c574-70d7-a2f0-25b3fc99e482", "title": "What Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok?", "url": 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2026

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 267: Peter Nowak on Rogers, the Shaw Merger Aftermath, and the Limits of Canadian Telecom Policyoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
Closer Look: Why banning kids from social media is a terrible ideaoriginal ↗
4 May 2026
Going Through the Motions: How Parliament Is Shutting Down Study and Debate on Political Party Privacyoriginal ↗
1 May 2026
Why The Senate Got Antisemitism Only Half-Rightoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
The Government Doubles Down on News Sector Support: Fiscal Update Opens the Door to Tens of Millions in Tax Credits for Bell, Rogers and Corusoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
The Illusion of Protection: Why Canada’s Growing Push to Ban Social Media for Kids Won’t Workoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 266: Justin Safayeni on the Ontario Government’s Overnight Evisceration of Access to Informationoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2026
AI Without Canada: Why the Heritage Committee’s AI Report Could Lead to Less Canadian Content in the Training Dataoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2026
Addressing the AI Policy Challenge: My Appearance before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communicationsoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
Lawful Access Heads to Committee: The Opposition Found Its Voice, the Government Never Found Its Defenceoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
Is Data De-Identification Dead?: Why the AI Privacy Risk Isn’t What It Learns, But What It Figures Outoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 265: Jason Millar on Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Governance Crisis in Frontier AIoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2026
A Standard That Doesn’t Exist: Parliamentary Secretary for Justice Offers Misleading Defence of Bill C-22’s Lower Threshold for Subscriber Informationoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2026
More Surveillance Demands to Come?: Government Admits Bill C-22’s Lawful Access Provisions Could Be Expandedoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2026
Win, Lose or Draw?: The Federal Court of Appeal Overrules a Key Copyright Case on Procedural Groundsoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2026
The Lawful Access Debate Begins: Canadians Should Pay Attention to What the Government Isn’t Sayingoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
The Global Battle for Data Control: How the 2026 U.S. Report on Trade Barriers Targets Data Sovereignty Worldwideoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 264: Jon Penney on Chilling Effects in the Digital Ageoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2026
Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: What Lies Behind the U.S. Trade Battle For Control over Dataoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
Still Not a Privacy Law: Bill C-25’s Political Party Privacy Provisions Fall Short Againoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2026
Could Bill C-22 Make Canadians Less Safe? The Systemic Vulnerability Gap in Canada’s New Surveillance Laworiginal ↗
8 Apr 2026
Why the Verdict on Social Media Defective Design Harming Children Gets the Instinct Right But the Law Wrongoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
Scoping in the Tech Giants: Bill C-22’s International Production Order and the Shift to a Less Privacy-Protective Cross-Border Disclosure Systemoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 263: The Lawful Access Act Roundtable With David Fraser and Robert Diaboriginal ↗
30 Mar 2026
When Writing About Antisemitism Proves the Point: What the Replies Revealoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
Acting on Antisemitism: If This Was Always Possible, Why Didn’t It Happen Sooner?original ↗
25 Mar 2026
Setting Canada’s AI Policy Priorities: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technologyoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 262: Zack Shapiro on the Claude AI Native Law Firmoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
The Online Streaming Act in Jeopardy: U.S. Takes Aim at the CUSMA Cultural Exemption With Threats of Bill C-11 Retaliationoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: What is Ottawa up to Online with Michael Geistoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
The Hidden Lawful Access Tradeoff: How Bill C-22 Lowers the Evidentiary Standards for Police Access to Subscriber Informationoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
The Lawful Access Privacy Risks: Unpacking Bill C-22’s Expansive Metadata Retention Requirementsoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 261: Ian Goldberg on the Privacy Risks of Age Assurance Technologiesoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2026
Government Enacts Political Party Anti-Privacy Rules With Bill C-4 Royal Assent Sprintoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
A Tale of Two Bills: Lawful Access Returns With Changes to Warrantless Access But Dangerous Backdoor Surveillance Risks Remainoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
Words Are Not Enough: Countering Relentless Antisemitic Violence in Canada With Actionoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
The Line: Are we the digital baddies?original ↗
10 Mar 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 260: What the Government Didn’t Want You To Hear About Bill C-4 And Its Weak Political Party Privacy Rulesoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2026
Why the Online Harms Act is the Wrong Way to Regulate AI Chatbotsoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
More Transparency Not Police Reporting: Navigating the Safety-Privacy Balance for AI ChatBotsoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 259: The Privacy and Surveillance Risks of AI Chatbot Reporting to Policeoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2026
Nobody Wants This: Senate Rejects Government’s Anti-Privacy Plan for Political Parties By Sending Bill Back to the House With a Sunset Clauseoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2026
Digital Health in Canada: Health Data Sovereignty: Systems, Safeguards, Strategyoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 258: Jaxson Khan With an Insider Perspective on AI Policy Development in Canadaoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2026
Time for the Government to Fix Its Political Party Privacy Blunder: Kill Bill C-4’s Disastrous Privacy Rulesoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 257: Lisa Given on What Canada Can Learn From Australia’s Youth Social Media Banoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2026
Court Ordered Social Media Site Blocking Coming to Canada?: Trojan Horse Online Harms Bill Clears Senate Committee Revieworiginal ↗
6 Feb 2026
An Illusion of Consensus: What the Government Isn’t Saying About the Results of its AI Consultationoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 256: Jennifer Quaid on Taking On Big Tech With the Competition Act’s Private Right of Accessoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2026
Government Says There Are No Plans for National Digital ID To Access Servicesoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2026
Government Reveals Digital Policy Priorities in Trio of Responses to Canadian Heritage Committee Reportsoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 255: Grappling with Grok – Heidi Tworek on the Limits of Canadian Laworiginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
Canadian TikTok Ban Called Off as the Government Hits the Digital Policy Reset Button Once Againoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2026

2025

The Year in Review: Top Ten Michael Geist Substacksoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2025
The Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodesoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2025
The Year in Review: Top Ten Postsoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 254: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policyoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2025
Confronting Antisemitism in Canada: If Leaders Won’t Call It Out Without Qualifiers, They Can’t Address Itoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
“Shock” and the Bondi Beach Chanukah Massacreoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2025
The Catch-22 of Canadian Digital Sovereigntyoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 253: Guy Rub on the Unconvincing Case for a New Canadian Artists’ Resale Rightoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2025
The Most Unworkable Internet Law in the World: Quebec Opens the Door to Mandating Minimum French Content Quotas for User Generated Content on Social Mediaoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2025
CRTC Says No Regulatory Action Planned Against Meta For Blocking News Linksoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 252: Len St-Aubin on the CRTC’s Plan To Modernize Canadian Content Rulesoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2025
Why Freedom of Expression Must Not Become a Right to Harass or Intimidateoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 251: Jennifer Pybus on the Debate Over Canadian Digital Sovereigntyoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2025
Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agendaoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2025
Canadian Government Introduces New Stablecoin Act as Part of Budget Implementation Legislationoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reformoriginal ↗
17 Nov 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 249: The Debate Over Canada’s AI Strategy – My Consultation Submission and Appearance at the Canadian Heritage Committeeoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2025
How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadiansoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 248: Mark Surman on Why Canada’s AI Strategy Should Prioritize Public AI Modelsoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2025
We Need More Canada in the Training Data: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on AI and the Creative Sectororiginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 247: My Senate Appearance on the Bill That Could Lead to Canada-Wide Blocking of X, Reddit and ChatGPToriginal ↗
27 Oct 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 246: Mohamed Zohiri on the Rise and Emerging Regulation of Stablecoinsoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2025
Senate Bill Would Grant Government Regulatory Power to Mandate Age Verification For Search, Social Media and AI Services Accompanied By Threat of Court Ordered Blocking of Lawful Contentoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2025
Government Reverses on Bill C-2: Removes Lawful Access Warrantless Demand Powers in New Border Billoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2025
Why The Recent TikTok Privacy Ruling Swaps Privacy for Increased Surveillanceoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2025
Robson Hall’s Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series: Dr. Michael Geist on Canada’s Digital Policy Failureoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risksoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2025
No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: Digital IDs and the Dangers of a Surveillance State with Michael Geistoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2025
The Sound Off Podcast: Michael Geist: The CRTC Slow Trainoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 244: Kris Klein on the Long Road to a Right to be Forgotten Under Canadian Privacy Laworiginal ↗
22 Sept 2025
Government Doubles Down in Defending Bill C-2’s Information Demand Powers That Open the Door to Warrantless Access of Personal Informationoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 243: What Are Canada’s Digital Policy Plans as Parliament Returns from the Summer Break?original ↗
15 Sept 2025
Grocery Shopping While Jewishoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2025
Privacy Lost: How the Government Deleted Bill C-11’s Key Privacy Principle Just Two Months After Passing it Into Laworiginal ↗
25 Aug 2025
The Hub Canada: How TIFF abandoned freedom of expression with its documentary fiascooriginal ↗
19 Aug 2025
Out of Nowhere: TIFF Undermines Artistic Freedom of Expression With Forced Name Change of October 7th Documentaryoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2025
TIFF Removes October 7th Documentary Film From Schedule Citing Implausible Copyright Clearance Concerns From Hamas Terror Footageoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2025
Carney’s Digital Recalibration: How the Government is Trending Away from Justin Trudeau’s Digital Policyoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2025
Let Competition Be the Guide: Why the Government and CRTC Got It Right on Wholesale Fibre Broadband Accessoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2025
Commentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Dataoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast Law Society of Ontario CPD Professionalism Packoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 242: Sukesh Kamra on Law Firm Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologiesoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2025
The Sound of Silence: On Being Jewish in Canada in 2025original ↗
25 Jul 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 241: Scott Benzie on How Government Policy Has Eroded Big Tech Support for Canadian Cultureoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2025
The Big Story: TikTok’s last ditch effort to keep operating in Canadaoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2025
BNN Bloomberg: Ottawa’s approach to TikTok an incoherent failureoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2025
What Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok?original ↗
16 Jul 2025
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