Dancing With Killer Robots
- February 28, 2021
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Lethal autonomous weapons are a type of robot that can independently search out and engage targets without meaningful human control. They are also called lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), lethal autonomous robots (LAR) and autonomous weapons systems (AWS). The international…
An Affront to Privacy: Clearview AI in Canada
- February 14, 2021
- Heather Ferg
Clearview AI scraped billions of photos from the internet and turned them into a powerful facial recognition tool used by at least 30 Canadian law enforcement agencies. Earlier this month, Canadian privacy officials released a report of their investigation into…
Rudy Giuliani and the Big Lie
- January 31, 2021
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On January 25, 2021, Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Rudolph W. Giuliani who was a central figure in the efforts of former President Donald J. Trump to subvert the 2020 election in the United States. Dominion claims…
Dominion Voting Systems Sues pro-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell
- January 15, 2021
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On January 8, 2021, Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell demanding over $1.3 billion in damages caused by her proliferation of “wild” and “demonstrably false” accusations that it rigged the 2020 U.S. election, was created…
Canada’s New Data Protection Bill: Is It Adequate?
- December 31, 2020
- Heather Ferg
On November 17, 2020, the Canadian federal government tabled Bill C-11 in the House of Commons. If passed, the Digital Charter Implementation Act will enact two new pieces of legislation: the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Data Protection Tribunal Act. Together,…