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Podcast, Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix It", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/law-bytes-podcast-episode-209/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-209", "published_at": "2024-07-15T12:40:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cb1a68ec", "title": "Why the University of Windsor Encampment Agreement Violates Antisemitism and Academic Freedom Standards", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/why-the-university-of-windsor-encampment-agreement-violates-antisemitism-and-academic-freedom-standards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-university-of-windsor-encampment-agreement-violates-antisemitism-and-academic-freedom-standards", "published_at": "2024-07-12T14:02:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cb7f7a90", "title": "Know When to Fold Em: The Big Risk Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax Bet", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/know-when-to-fold-em-the-big-risk-behind-canadas-digital-services-tax-bet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=know-when-to-fold-em-the-big-risk-behind-canadas-digital-services-tax-bet", "published_at": "2024-07-11T12:40:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cc6822d7", "title": "States of Disbelief: Too Many Don’t Believe Rise of Antisemitism as the Jewish Community Can’t Believe What It is Seeing", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/states-of-disbelief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-of-disbelief", "published_at": "2024-07-09T12:36:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cce76d1d", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 208: Will Page on Why the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Ruling is Discriminatory and May Ultimately Hurt the Canadian Music Market", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/law-bytes-podcast-episode-208/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-208", "published_at": "2024-07-08T12:45:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cd5fef14", "title": "Court Issues Injunction Against University of Toronto Encampment on Trespass Grounds, Finds “No Doubt That Some of the Speech on the Exterior of the Encampment Rises to the Level of Hate Speech”", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/07/court-issues-injunction-against-university-of-toronto-encampment-on-trespass-grounds-finds-no-doubt-that-some-of-the-speech-on-the-exterior-of-the-encampment-rises-to-the-level-of-hate-speec/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-issues-injunction-against-university-of-toronto-encampment-on-trespass-grounds-finds-no-doubt-that-some-of-the-speech-on-the-exterior-of-the-encampment-rises-to-the-level-of-hate-speec", "published_at": "2024-07-03T12:44:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cd78e78f", "title": "When Antisemitism Strikes Close to Home", "url": 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"https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/06/viranis-failed-human-rights-commission-choice-why-the-dattani-appointment-irreparably-harms-both-the-commission-and-bill-c-63/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viranis-failed-human-rights-commission-choice-why-the-dattani-appointment-irreparably-harms-both-the-commission-and-bill-c-63", "published_at": "2024-06-27T12:51:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc06-86b2-73ec-a000-2819cfc7bea6", "title": "Government Appoints New Chief of Canadian Human Rights Commission Who Linked To Articles Comparing Israelis to Nazis, Called for Israel Boycott, and Shared Platform With Banned Organization", "url": 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Accomplished on Digital Policy", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/06/road-to-nowhere-parliament-breaks-for-the-summer-with-little-accomplished-on-digital-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=road-to-nowhere-parliament-breaks-for-the-summer-with-little-accomplished-on-digital-policy", "published_at": "2024-06-20T12:38:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bc08-ea50-72d8-9dd2-d94fb5b73664", "title": "The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 206: James Plotkin and David Fewer on Canada’s Landmark Copyright Ruling on Fair Dealing and Digital Locks", "url": "https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/06/law-bytes-podcast-episode-206/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=law-bytes-podcast-episode-206", "published_at": "2024-06-17T12:45:26+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

What Is the Canadian Government Doing With Its Incoherent Approach to TikTok?original ↗
16 Jul 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 240: Dean Beeby on Why Canada’s Language Laws May Stop Government From Posting Access to Information Records Onlineoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2025
Risky Business: The Legal and Privacy Concerns of Mandatory Age Verification Technologiesoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2025
Boom and Bust with Tony Clement: How should Canada get tougher on big business?original ↗
8 Jul 2025
Another Canadian Digital Policy Own Goal: Corporate TikTok Ban Leads to Millions in Lost Cultural Group Supportoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 239: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Digital Services Taxoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2025
The Hub Canada: Canada’s digital services tax problem was a long one comingoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2025
Canada’s DST Debacle a Case Study of Digital Strategy Troubleoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2025
Counterpoint with Tanya Granic Allen: Are These Bills Considered Constitutional Challenges?original ↗
2 Jul 2025
Canadian Government Caves on Digital Services Tax After Years of Dismissing the Risks of Trade Retaliationoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 238: David Fraser on Why Bill C-2’s Lawful Access Powers May Put Canadians’ Digital Security At Riskoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2025
Ignoring the Warning Signs: Why Did the Canadian Government Dismiss the Trade Risks of a Digital Services Tax?original ↗
28 Jun 2025
No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin: New Internet Laws and Data Security with Michael Geistoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2025
Why Bill C-2 Faces a Likely Constitutional Challenge By Placing Solicitor-Client Privilege at Riskoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 237: A Conversation with Jason Woywada of BCFIPA on Political Party Privacy and Bill C-4original ↗
23 Jun 2025
Access and Privacy Online: Bill C-4 w/ Michael Geistoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2025
Lawful Access on Steroids: Why Bill C-2’s Big Brother Tactics Combine Expansive Warrantless Disclosure with Unprecedented Secrecyoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2025
Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effectsoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
“Big Brother Tactics”: Why Bill C-2’s New Warrantless Disclosure Demand Powers Extend Far Beyond Internet and Telecom Providersoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2025
Government Seeks To Exempt Political Parties From Privacy Laws Even As CRTC Reports They Are Leading Source of Spam Complaintsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 236: Robert Diab on the Return of Lawful Accessoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2025
Government Remains Silent as it Eviscerates Political Party Privacy in Canada By Fast Tracking Bill C-4original ↗
12 Jun 2025
Quebec’s Streaming Regulation Bill 109: Unconstitutional, Unnecessary, and Unworkableoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2025
Why the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Yearoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 235: Teresa Scassa on the Alberta Clearview AI Ruling That Could Have a Big Impact on Privacy and Generative AIoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2025
What Is With This Government and Privacy?: Political Party Privacy Safeguards Removed in “Affordability Measures” Billoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2025
More Than Just Phone Book Data: Why the Government is Dangerously Misleading on its Warrantless Demands for Internet Subscriber Informationoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2025
Privacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Billoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 234: “Solutions Aren’t Going to be Found Through Nostalgia”: Mark Musselman on the CRTC Hearings on Canadian Content Rulesoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2025
Here We Go Again: Internet Age Verification and Website Blocking Bill Reintroduced in the Senate (With Some Changes)original ↗
29 May 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 233: Abdi Aidid on AI, the Law and the Future of Legal Practiceoriginal ↗
26 May 2025
CTV News: Legal expert questions necessity of Quebec streaming laworiginal ↗
23 May 2025
When the Drumbeat of Intolerance Becomes Too Loud to Ignore: Reflections on Campus Antisemitism, Academic Freedom and My Global Technology Law Exchange Courseoriginal ↗
20 May 2025
Solomon’s Choice: Charting the Future of AI Policy in Canadaoriginal ↗
16 May 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 232: What Will Canadian Digital Policy Look Like Under the New Liberal Carney Government?original ↗
5 May 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 231: Sara Bannerman on How Canadian Political Parties Maximize Voter Data Collection and Minimize Privacy Safeguardsoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 230: Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformationoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 229: My Digital Access Day Keynote – Assessing the Canadian Digital Policy Recordoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025
Beneath the Law: Understanding Canada’s Online News Actoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2025
Queen’s University Trustees Reject Divestment Efforts Emphasizing the Importance of Institutional Neutralityoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 228: Kumanan Wilson on Why Canadian Health Data Requires Stronger Privacy Protection in the Trump Eraoriginal ↗
10 Mar 2025
When Words Fail: Reflections on the National Forum on Combatting Antisemitismoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2025
The National Antisemitism Forum: Why Failing to Act Now Must Not Be An Optionoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2025
Canadian Health Data Requires Stronger Safeguards With Lost Canada-U.S. Trustoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 227: Tara Henley on How to Save the CBCoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2025
Why the Trump Trade Threats Will Place Canadian Digital, Cultural, and AI Policy Under Pressureoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2025
The Canadian Internet Society: 2025 Digital Access Day Keynote on Why 2025 Provides a New Opportunity to Reshape Canadian Digital Law and Policyoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2025
The Canadian Internet Society: 2025 Digital Access Day Fireside Chat on Canada’s Digital Resetoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 226: Richard Gold on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressureoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 225: How Canada Can Leverage Digital Policy to Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffsoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2025
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 224: Why Prorogation and Donald Trump Spell the End of an Era in Canadian Digital Policyoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2025
Why Years of Canadian Digital Policy Is Either Dead (Prorogation) or Likely to Die (Trump)original ↗
22 Jan 2025
New Era and New Risks: Meta’s Content Moderation Reforms and Freedom of Expression Onlineoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2025

2024

The Year of Disbelief: The Relentless Rise of Antisemitism in Canadaoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2024
The Year in Review: Top Ten Michael Geist Substacksoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2024
The Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodesoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2024
The Year in Review: Top Ten Postsoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 223: Looking Back at the Year in Canadian Digital Law and Policyoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against OpenAIoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2024
Government Finally Splits the Online Harms Bill: Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing…Or Is It?original ↗
5 Dec 2024
Canadian Media Companies Target OpenAI in Copyright Lawsuit But Weak Claims Suggest Settlement the Real Goaloriginal ↗
3 Dec 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 221: Inside My Canadian Heritage Committee Appearance on Freedom of Expressionoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2024
When Antisemitism Isn’t Taboo: Reflecting on the Response to Nazi-Era Hate on the Streets of Montrealoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 220: Marina Pavlović on the CRTC’s Plans to Address Consumer Frustration Over Wireless Contractsoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2024
Protecting Freedom of Expression: My Heritage Committee Appearance on the Chilling Effect of Antisemitismoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 219: Scott Benzie on What the Corporate TikTok Ban Means For Canadian Digital Creatorsoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2024
How the Online Streaming Act Misdiagnosed Canada’s Broadcasting Woes original ↗
12 Nov 2024
Canadian Government to Ban TikTok (the Company not the App)original ↗
6 Nov 2024
Why the Conspiratorial Responses to Canada’s Antisemitism Guide Demonstrate Its Necessityoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 218: Emily Laidlaw and Taylor Owen on Saving the Online Harms Actoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2024
CRTC Approves Google’s $100 Million Online News Act Exemption Dealoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 217: David Fraser on the Privacy Implications of the Federal Court of Appeal’s Facebook Rulingoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2024
When Antisemitism No Longer Shocksoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 216: Game Changer or More of the Same? Patrick Leblond on the New Global E-Commerce Agreementoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2024
Is Meta Offside the Online News Act? The CRTC Wants to Know.original ↗
9 Oct 2024
Reflecting on October 7th: The Antisemitism Red Alert Warning Won’t Stop Buzzingoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 215: Jan Grabowski on Wikipedia’s Antisemitism Problemoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 214: Erin Millar on Trust in Media and the Implementation of the Online News Actoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2024
The Bill on Canada’s Digital Policy Comes Due: Blocked News Links, Cancelled Sponsorship, Legal Challenges, and Digital Ad Surchargesoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 213: Elaine Craig on Mainstreaming Porn and Why Bill S-210 May Make Matters Worseoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 212: Matt Hatfield on the State of Canadian Digital Policy as Politicians Return from the Summer Recessoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 211: Carlos Affonso Souza on the Unprecedented Brazilian Court Order Blocking Twitter/X and VPN Use to Access the Serviceoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2024
New Academic Year Requires New Approach to Combat Campus Antisemitismoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2024
Canadian Bitcoiners: Dr. Michael Geist – Bill S210, Online News Act, Online Streaming Act, and What’s Next in Canadian Digital Laworiginal ↗
26 Jul 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Paymentsoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2024
Abandoning Institutional Neutrality: Why the University of Windsor Encampment Agreements Constrain Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expressionoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2024
Hub Podcasts: Michael Geist on the Online News Act, the Online Streaming Act and the rise of antisemitismoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix Itoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2024
Why the University of Windsor Encampment Agreement Violates Antisemitism and Academic Freedom Standardsoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2024
Know When to Fold Em: The Big Risk Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax Betoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2024
States of Disbelief: Too Many Don’t Believe Rise of Antisemitism as the Jewish Community Can’t Believe What It is Seeingoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 208: Will Page on Why the CRTC’s Bill C-11 Ruling is Discriminatory and May Ultimately Hurt the Canadian Music Marketoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2024
Court Issues Injunction Against University of Toronto Encampment on Trespass Grounds, Finds “No Doubt That Some of the Speech on the Exterior of the Encampment Rises to the Level of Hate Speech”original ↗
3 Jul 2024
When Antisemitism Strikes Close to Homeoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2024
Government’s Choice for Chief of Human Rights Commission Cited Terrorism as a Rational Strategy With High Rates of Successoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2024
Virani’s Failed Human Rights Commission Choice: Why the Dattani Appointment Irreparably Harms both the Commission and Bill C-63original ↗
27 Jun 2024
Government Appoints New Chief of Canadian Human Rights Commission Who Linked To Articles Comparing Israelis to Nazis, Called for Israel Boycott, and Shared Platform With Banned Organizationoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 207: The State of Digital Law and Policy in Canada as Parliament Breaks for the Summeroriginal ↗
24 Jun 2024
Road to Nowhere: Parliament Breaks For the Summer With Little Accomplished on Digital Policyoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 206: James Plotkin and David Fewer on Canada’s Landmark Copyright Ruling on Fair Dealing and Digital Locksoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2024
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