Expert: Canada’s new online harms bill 

Published: 4 March 2024

The Liberal government is proposing heavier sentences, new regulatory bodies and changes to a number of laws in new legislation to tackle online abuse. The Online Harms Act proposes to police seven...

Expert: Myths and preconceptions of privacy in the age of AI 

Published: 11 December 2023

Protecting people from their personal information being used against them is more important every day as our lives become increasingly interconnected through data-driven products and services. In...

Federal government announces 17 Canada Research Chairs for McGill

Published: 12 January 2022

Plastics, textiles, and electronics have revolutionized our modern world, but their massive production has led to the accumulation of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes. This is a problem McGill...

Experts: Ottawa tested facial recognition on millions of travellers at Toronto’s Pearson airport

Published: 22 July 2021

The federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions of unsuspecting travellers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2016. The six-month initiative, meant to...

Experts: Apple users can say no to being tracked with new software update

Published: 29 April 2021

Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties....

Expert: Fake newspaper sites

Published: 30 July 2019

Two websites claiming to be the pages for newspapers located in Quebec are the latest in a series of fake sites.  The sites have extensive mastheads with staff titles, pictures and names.  Stories...

Expert: WhatsApp security flaw

Published: 14 May 2019

"WhatsApp has revealed a vulnerability in its system that could have allowed hackers access to its users' phones, with a London-based human rights lawyer possibly among the targets....

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