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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Danish government has cross-party support to "clamp down on the creation and dissemination of AI-generated deepfakes by changing copyright law to ensure that everybody has the right to their own body, facial features and voice." 1/n

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features

Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says

www.theguardian.com

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CIPPIC @cippic.bsky.social · Jun 19

Join us next week for another thought-provoking panel in the CIPPIC Summer Speaker Series 2025: Freedom to Move!

🗓 June 25, 2025
🕐 1PM EST
📍 Hybrid (in-person and online)
🥪 Lunch provided
🎟 Free with registration → www.eventbrite.ca/e/cippic-sum...

CIPPIC Summer Speaker Series 2025: Freedom to Move

Join us June 25 for Freedom to Move, a panel focused on labour mobility and non-competes with experts from the Competition Bureau & more.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Jen Raso @jenraso.bsky.social · Jun 18

A joy to find this special issue on reimagining justice vis-à-vis AI in my mailbox. I look forward to revisiting provocative articles by @teresascassa.bsky.social , @suziedunn.bsky.social , Pascale Chapdelaine, Gideon Christian, and my colleague Peer Zumbansen's spicy intro. 🔥 @mcgill.ca

Image of the table of contents for volume 69, issue 4 of the McGill Law Journal (2024), a special issue titles Reimagining Justice: Artificial Intelligence's Power for Redress and Division.

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DIY Digital Safety @diydigsafety.bsky.social · Jun 12

✨ Publication alert ✨

We are excited to share our most recent publication in the Canadian Journal of Communication, which examines how Canadian secondary schools address TFSV within their educational curricula, policies, and legislation.

Check it out! 👇 cjc.utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

Systems-Level Problems Require Systems-Level Responses: An Intersectional Analysis of Canadian Secondary Schools’ Responses to Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence | Canadian Journal of Communicatio...

Background: Technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) is a significant problem for young people and is on the rise in Canada. Young people from marginalized groups are at greater risk of TFSV vict...

cjc.utppublishing.com

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congratulations Alex and Krizelle! It was so great teaching such smart students in our Law & Technology course 🎉

Law & Technology Institute @cdntechlaw.bsky.social · Jun 10

LATI is proud to congratulate Alexandra Hollis and Krizelle Pascual, for winning the Gowling WLG Law & Technology Prize for the top grade in Law and Technology!

We wish you both continued success as you embark on your legal career!

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · Jun 7

Great essay by @daniellecitron.bsky.social and @ariezra.bsky.social -- "Digital Authoritarianism" - discussing a tactic of attacking victims then falsely labeling victims as abusers to invite additional attacks lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archi...

Digital Authoritarianism | The University of Chicago Law Review

Antidemocratic forces rely on intimidation tactics to silence criticism and opposition. Today’s intimidation playbook follows a two-step pattern. We surface these tactics so their costs to public disc...

lawreview.uchicago.edu

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Jun 5

Join: "Staying Aligned with Global Standards and Commitment on Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence (TFGBV)"

🗓 Date: 12 June 2025
🕙Time: 10:00 – 11:15 AM (EST)
📍Hosted by: UN Women & SVRI’s TFGBV Community of Practice

👉 Join on Zoom Here: us06web.zoom.us/j/8932347881...

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · May 29

NEW REPORT (and a CW - CSAM): Today my colleague Shelby Grossman & I have a new research report about AI-generated child sex abuse material (AI CSAM). Read the report here: cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/ai-csam... [1/6]

New Report on AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material

Insights from Educators, Platforms, Law Enforcement, Legislators, and Victims

cyber.fsi.stanford.edu

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404 Media @404media.co · May 29

A new report from Stanford finds that schools, parents, police, and our legal system are not prepared to deal with the growing problem of minors using AI to generate CSAM of other minors.

🔗 www.404media.co/no-one-knows...

No One Knows How to Deal With 'Student-on-Student' AI CSAM

A new report from Stanford finds that schools, parents, police, and our legal system are not prepared to deal with the growing problem of minors using AI to generate CSAM of other minors.

www.404media.co

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Tamir @digitalprivacy.ca · May 28

Canadian civil society and policy experts call on the government to advance a coherent digital policy reform agenda:

Civil society calls for overhaul of Canada’s approach to digital policy

OpenMedia works to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free. We create community-driven campaigns to engage, educate, and empower people to safeguard the Internet.

openmedia.org

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · May 7

Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · May 7

A Canadian was behind the MrDeepFakes website

The site featured non-consensual videos of celebrities, politicians, influencers, and popular instagramers

People used this site to find people to hire to make sexual videos of their spouses and friends

The site was shut down following this reporting

He's the key person behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. And he's Canadian | CBC News

A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-...

www.cbc.ca

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · May 6

never been a cooler time to be a woman online www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...

Elon Musk's Grok AI Will 'Remove Her Clothes' In Public, On X

Elon Musk’s AI bot is undressing women on X.

www.404media.co

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · May 6

One of the world's largest deepfake porn sites has shut down

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · May 5

BREAKING: the biggest deepfake porn site is down potentially for good www.404media.co/mr-deepfakes...

Mr. Deepfakes, the Biggest Deepfake Porn Site on the Internet, Says It’s Shutting Down for Good

The biggest site for nonconsensual deepfake porn on the internet says it’s shutting down and not coming back.

www.404media.co

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Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · May 2

There's still time to apply to present a paper at the Canadian Technology Law Conference!

Just email your abstract and CV along by May 5.

@suziedunn.bsky.social @schulichlaw.bsky.social @jenraso.bsky.social @f-mb.bsky.social @penney.bsky.social @schulichlaw.bsky.social

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Apr 24

Writing any interesting law or policy pieces on Democracy and the Information Society?

Submit an abstract for the Canadian Technology Law Conference by May 5th

Organized by @schulichlaw.bsky.social's Palmer Chair @karanicolas.bsky.social

Law & Technology Institute @cdntechlaw.bsky.social · Apr 24

➡️ Call for Abstracts!

The Canadian Technology Law Conference will be hosted in Halifax at Dalhousie August 28-30th, 2025

Theme: Democracy and the Information Society

📅 Abstracts are due May 5th, 2025
ℹ️ Submit a 500 word abstract + your CV
✉️ Email submissions to: [email protected]

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Apr 23

Join CanRepair for a lunch and learn on Your Right to Repair

📅 Tuesday, May 27, 2025
⏰ 12:00-2:00pm (ADT)
📍Dalhousie Computer Science building Room 429 or on Zoom

Organized by @arosborough.bsky.social & @cdntechlaw.bsky.social

Register here!

Think Globally, Repair Locally

A Lunch & Learn on the Right to Repair at Dalhousie University!

www.eventbrite.ca

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

Join the Canadian Women's Foundation for a webinar launch of their report, "Challenging Gendered Digital Harm"

📆Thursday, April 24, 2025
🕐 7:00 to 8:00 pm Eastern Time (ET)

Register here:

Challenging Gendered Digital Harm – A New Research Report

The Canadian Women’s Foundation has launched a new research report.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Dalhousie Law Graduate Society is hosting their 5th Annual Graduate Research Transition Conference

“The Law and the Future: Sustainability, Accessibility and Emerging Technologies”

📆 May 7, 2025
📍 Weldon Law Building (virtual and in-person)

Register (free) here: forms.office.com/r/GAYUXTR83f

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Apr 9

Curious about what the Law and Technology Institute has been up to?

See our newly revamped publications page

A big thank you to @hjrosborough.bsky.social for putting this together for us!

Law and Technology Institute

research.schulichlaw.dal.ca

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AW (Abby) Ohlheiser @abbyohlheiser.bsky.social · Apr 6

I wrote about this in like 2019, spoke to a college student whose mom would threaten to STOP PAYING THEIR TUITION when they turned off location tracking for any length of time

When I asked the app's founder about life360's ability to worsen abusive dynamics, they pivoted the conversation to safety.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Apr 6

Surveillance companies have done a real number on society in terms of convincing folks that tracking someone equates with their actual safety.

I will track my daughter on Life360 when she goes to college in the fall — and it's nonnegotiable

My daughter is heading to college, and I plan to track her on Life360 for at least the first few months. But I may also track her for all four years.

www.businessinsider.com

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · Apr 5

#WeRobot2025 @katieszi.bsky.social makes exciting announcement that this summer will see inaugural hopefully-annual natl Canadian law & tech conference, happening at @schulichlaw.bsky.social, organized by @karanicolas.bsky.social @suziedunn.bsky.social & team of other tech law profs across country!

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Suzie Dunn @suziedunn.bsky.social · Apr 5

Advocates' Society's apology comes after sharp criticism of cancellation of Tareq Hadhad's speaking invitation

Legal group apologizes after cancellation of noted Syrian Canadian's speech sparks 'profound' reaction | CBC News

A prominent Canadian legal association is apologizing after it cancelled a keynote speech by Syrian Canadian entrepreneur and peace advocate Tareq Hadhad, prompting sharp criticism from many of its me...

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · Apr 5

Good morning #WeRobot2025! Day 2 and reporting for duty. So excited to hear @elizabethjoh.bsky.social 's comments on the first paper "Robot-Facilitated Crime", hoping I catch at least the second half of the session. It's too early in the day to articulate all the thoughts I had while reading it.

Vance Ricks @ricksva.bsky.social · Apr 5

Day 2, first session: Panattoni, Robot-Facilitated Crime (Joh, discussant) #werobot2025

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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · Apr 4

Day 1 of #WeRobot2025! Going to try to reprise my erstwhile role as unofficial livetweeter—now migrated to bsky!—though slightly worse for wear this year, as perhaps indicated by the fact Day 1 is already half over... and perspective of not having read most papers yet (for... relatability... ￢_￢) 🧵

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