In his Special Report to Parliament regarding the RCMP’s use of Clearview AI's facial recognition technology, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has made it clear that, “the use of FRT by the RCMP to search through massive repositories of Canadians who are innocent of any suspicion of crime presents a serious violation of privacy.” Moreover, the Commissioner reiterated the … [Read more...] about RCMP’s use of Clearview AI’s facial recognition tech was a massive privacy violation
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Bill C-10: Where Kafka meets Orwell
The CRTC has earned an international reputation as the federal institution that pushes Canadian content, but hasn’t pushed hard enough to protect Canadians from some of the highest wireless rates in the world — so it’s easy for most Canadians to ignore the debate about Bill C-10, which would amend the Broadcasting Act and give the CRTC additional powers. On one side is … [Read more...] about Bill C-10: Where Kafka meets Orwell
