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May 8, 2026
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Meta warns lawful access bill would make tech companies a surveillance arm of government
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Meta warns lawful access bill would make tech companies a surveillance arm of government
MARIE WOOLF
OTTAWA
PUBLISHED MAY 7, 2026
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Tech giant Meta warned that Ottawa’s lawful access bill could make companies support government surveillance, and create a framework to capture ordinary Canadians’ private information, even if they have no connection to crime.
Giving evidence to a Commons committee Thursday, Meta’s head of public policy in Canada, Rachel Curran,…
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