CIRCLE WITH A DOT

#BillC22 #KillBillC22 #StopBillC22 #CdnPoliFor the forseeable future I shall be tooting on topics related to the Charter and privacy which includes #BillC22 and #AgeGate.IMO Bill C22 is the greatest threat to our privacy and Charter rights that I have seen since the Cons introduced Bill C30 in 2012 (which was withdrawn after much protest).The spooks (Cdn spies and thier contractors) wish to create a database containing up to one year's worth of your meta data - internet search history and mobile phone contacts with location data, something that could be used to track you.On the fediverse I recommend following these accounts, each of whom has been stong proponents of privacy since before Bill C30 (14 years ago).@mgeist a well noted privacy lawyer who has been providing invaluable privacy information for decades.@OpenMediaOrg an organization that has been campaigning for privacy and internet rights for Canadians for a great many years.

#AgeGate #CdnPoliFrom 2026-5-11"Episode 268: Sara Grimes on the Moral Panic Behind Banning Kids from Social Media and AI Chatbots"https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-268-sara-grimes-on-the-moral-panic-behind-banning-kids-from-social-media-and-ai-chatbots/People can listen to the podcast athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwoOz38hbowyoutube.com/@lawbytespodcast6979

#AgeGatehttps://techlore.tech/age-verification-laws-and-free-software-fsfe-interview-techlore-talks/via https://mstdn.social/@leftylabourtech/116499999740061148Just parking this toot for now, might write a bit more about it later.

#AgeGateMB Prem Kinew interview with CBC's AIH (7 min long)https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2-as-it-happens/clip/16211721-manitoba-premier-wab-kinew-vows-stop-tech-companiesSome impressions:- AgeGate not really effective as 70% of Aussi under-16 users still have access to social media.- Like most politicians, he does not seem to fully understand all of the technical details while he seems to be focused on corp profits.IMO the only sure way to keep young people off social media is to take away their smartphones (something that parents can do now without new laws).Give them flip phones with talk and text only if they need to communicate with parents.Parental controls can be added to any computer to prevent certain people from connectiong to social media sites.Many internet modems and most internet routers have these controls which could be more effective at keeping kids off social media than the approach used in Australia.I'm concerned that politicians are reallly going to bleep things up for everyone and no one will be any safer.I don't use corporate social media#CdnPoli