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Kate Robertson

@kate-ro.bsky.social
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human rights, tech, law | senior research associate @CitizenLab @UofT @munkschool | former criminal lawyer and @SCC_eng clerk | posts mine

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There's a cool public speaker series on privacy & tech happening this month, that's a collaboration between @ipcontario.bsky.social & @civictechto.bsky.social ! I'll be giving a talk for it tomorrow on this brief co-authored w/ @digitalprivacy.ca & @kate-ro.bsky.social:
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The Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -
This submission analyzes Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. Issues include: the bill’s sweeping scope, significant constitutional...
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Kate Robertson @kate-ro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I joined the Lawbytes @lawbytes.bsky.social pod today re Canada signing on to the UN Cybercrime Convention, a treaty fuelling rising digital authoritarianism around the world. I also explain why high risk info-sharing treaties like this should not be chips in Canada's trade policy.
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Kate Robertson @kate-ro.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
NEW today an essay from me in @thewalrus.ca on Bill C-22 (being rushed through committee in Canada this May), its implications for Can-US negotiations on data-sharing, and why the rule of law threats unfolding in the US may soon become Canada's problem too. thewalrus.ca/trump-wants-...
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Trump Wants to Tap Your Phone. Ottawa Might Let Him | The Walrus
Bill C-22 will lay the legal groundwork for giving the US warrantless access to our data
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
So many harms have already emerged from reckless and oppressive uses of AI, with such wide-ranging & far-reaching consequences, to so many groups of people, that it seems almost impossible to document them all. But we tried, in this open letter to Minister Solomon: bccla.org/policy-submi... (1/x)
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OPEN LETTER to the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation from civil society organizations and individuals opposing "National Sprint" consultation on AI strategy - BC Civil Liberti...
The Honourable Mélanie JolyMinister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, OntarioK1A 0A6 The Honourable Evan SolomonMinister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital InnovationHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontar...
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Much the Bill C-2 focus involves the warrantless disclosure demand powers. But the implications for mandated data sharing across borders and intersection with the US Cloud Act needs greater attention. @kate-ro.bsky.social joins my Law Bytes podcast to discuss. www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/law-...
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 245: Kate Robertson on Bill C-2’s Cross-Border Data Sharing Privacy Risks - Michael Geist
Bill C-2, the government’s proposed lawful access legislation, has been the subject of several prior episodes covering warrantless disclosure of information as part of the new information demand power...
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Siena Anstis @sanstis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
A few (early) thoughts on digital transnational repression and extraterritorial human rights obligations over at @bindinghook.bsky.social. Thanks for the opportunity to share my research (again!).
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Digital transnational repression and the limits of international human rights law in a ‘post-territorial’ world
Traditional models of jurisdiction fail dissidents in an ever more connected world
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Kate Robertson @kate-ro.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
NEW today from myself @citizenlab.ca, on the unspoken implications of Canada's Bill C-2 for data-sharing with the United States and other foreign countries: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr...
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Unspoken Implications: A Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-2 and Canada’s Potential Data-Sharing Obligations Towards the United States and Other Countries - The Citizen Lab
On June 3, 2025, the federal government tabled Bill C-2, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of the border between Canada and the United States and respecting other related sec...
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Canada 🇨🇦's Liberal govt has proposed a new "Border Security Bill," in large part in response to pressures from 🇺🇸 I raised concerns about that back in March 2025 👇 macleans.ca/politics/the...
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The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State - Macleans.ca
Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.
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Kate Robertson @kate-ro.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Today, new report from @citizenlab.ca:
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Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab
In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across t...
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Kate Robertson @kate-ro.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In @theglobeandmail.com today: Ottawa ‘strongly condemns’ executions of unspecified number of Canadians by China: 🚨 the highly concerning reporting underscores what experts have been warning: #Canada should not enter into the #UnitedNations Cybercrime Convention on cooperation/extradition
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Ottawa ‘strongly condemns’ executions of unspecified number of Canadians by China
Global Affairs would not identify those executed, and China’s embassy in Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment
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Kate Robertson @kate-ro.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
From @citizenlab.ca's @rondeibert.bsky.social: The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State
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The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State - Macleans.ca
Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
NEW and urgent: Among the many things for Canadians 🇨🇦 to be worried about regarding US 🇺🇸 authoritarianism, @citizenlab.ca has a new legal analysis, authored by @cyn-k.bsky.social @kate-ro.bsky.social about the risks of a Canada-USA CLOUD Act 👇
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 12/12/2024
NGOs and individual experts, including Citizen Lab's @rondeibert.bsky.social, @noura.bsky.social, @penney.bsky.social, and Kate Robertson, urge Canada to reject the UN's draft Convention against Cybercrime in an open letter to @melaniejolycan.bsky.social, Hon Dominic LeBlanc & Hon Arif Virani.
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 12/12/2024
Read the letter on @openmediaorg.bsky.social openmedia.org/press/item/c...
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Canada must not sign draft UN Cybersecurity Convention
Draft convention exposes vulnerable Canadian communities to foreign state harassment and abuse
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