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Archive for May, 2004
Why WSIS Is About More Than Just Domain Names
Professor Geist’s regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines recent developments involving the World Summit on the Information Society. The column argues that while the domain name systems captures most the attention, the tension between the developed and developing world at WSIS […]
West urged to share Internet governance
Last December, thousands of politicians and technology experts converged on Geneva for the first of two World Summits on the Information Society (WSIS). Several years in the making, the WSIS was envisioned as a new forum for the digital age. Instead, it primarily provided a showcase for developing-country concerns over […]
Canada Launches Anti-Spam Task Force
The Canadian government launched a new national task force on spam that includes Professor Geist. The task force will examine current Canadian anti-spam legislation, consider potential statutory amendments, and assess technological and educational initiatives. Professor Geist comments on the enforcement side of the equation in the Canadian Press, CBC National, […]
Coverage of Anti-Spam Task Force Announcement
The Canadian media, including the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail, provides comprehensive coverage of the formation of a new anti-spam task force, quoting Professor Geist on the need to use the task force as a catalyst for greater enforcement initiatives. see: Task Force Aims To Can Spam also see: […]
Recent Posts
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law 
Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act 
AI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act
