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Even Google Warns Canada Bill C-22 Creates Surveillance Backdoors
The bill is in real trouble when even Google, a company that built its empire on knowing everything about you, thinks a government’s surveillance plan goes too far.
Use a VPN, Says Canadian Government That Wants VPN Logs
The government posted “use a VPN” the same week two VPN companies threatened to leave rather than comply with a new surveillance bill.
Canada Says Critics Don’t Understand Its Surveillance Bill
They do. That’s the problem.
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Defends Mass Surveillance Bill
The minister insists the bill targeting every Canadian’s location data, movement patterns, and daily routines isn’t a surveillance bill.
Canada’s Bill C-22 Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance of Canadians
The government insists it isn’t surveilling ordinary Canadians; it’s just requiring every company to store their location data, device information, and daily movements for a year, just in case.
EU Pushes Metadata Retention Law, Reviving Mass Surveillance Despite Court Rulings
A data regime the courts killed twice is being quietly resurrected under a different name.
