Michael Geist
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
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- Aug 19, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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Opinion: Seniors need protection from online harms (opens the original)
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Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. For much of the past month, someone has been trying to break into my Apple account. I receive regular e-mail and text notifications confirming a password change, which are soon followed by spoofed phone calls with caller ID that purports to be from the company but likely originates from Russia. I know enough to ignore the calls, delete the messages, and ensure I have two-fact
Opinion: There is another way to stop ‘awful but lawful’ online harms (opens the original)
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Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. The Canadian government has a two-pronged legal strategy to counter rising hate: New Criminal Code provisions to address offline harms, such as intimidation or protests outside schools and places of worship, and the digital safety bill introduced in June, which targets online harms. A new legal duty to act responsibly, which would require internet platforms to publish digita
Opinion: Locked out of Anthropic’s Mythos, Canada must fight for AI access in USMCA talks (opens the original)
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Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in internet and e-commerce law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. For months, questions about digital sovereignty have dominated the Canadian digital policy landscape, with many concerned about domestic control over both computing infrastructure and the data that fuels the digital economy. The debate reflected mounting unease over the risks of relying on non-Canadian companies for what have become essential services, and fears that Canadian
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