The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple privacy-invasive provisions. But the thrust...
  • kbal@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    Civil liberties groups, refugee advocates, lawyers, Amnesty International, Oxfam, the United Church, PEN Canada, CUPE, Canadian Anti-Hate Network, the YWCA, Citizen Lab — and now the EFF. The diversity and the sheer number of civil society groups and NGOs that find C-2 absolutely unacceptable is unprecedented to my knowledge. If it comes anywhere near passing into law it will be a travesty of government.

    • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
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      4 days ago

      Took a quick look for coverage in various news outlets, but it seems like they’re glossing over the breach of privacy and focusing on keeping the border safe lol.

      Either that or I suck at looking for coverage in mainstream media. Most of what I found was from June