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Michael Geist
Publishing · On our record since 2007
Where this writer stands
Public safety3 pieces
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“End the dithering and pass anti-hate and bubble-zone legislation to better protect vulnerable communities. Provide law enforcement with the tools necessary to ensure there are consequences to the actions that can lead to violence.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Canada’s AI strategy is set to fail before it even launchesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 31, 2026
- Opinion: The privacy threat that AI poses isn’t what it learns. It’s what it figures outOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 19, 2026
- Opinion: Big Tech verdict gets the instinct right but the law wrongOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 31, 2026
- Opinion: Words are not enough to counter relentless antisemitism in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 9, 2026
- Opinion: AI needs more transparency and clearer standards – not more reporting to law enforcementOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 26, 2026
- Opinion: Freedom of expression must not become a right to harass or intimidateOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 23, 2025
- Opinion: There is a growing list of unsafe places for the Jewish community in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 28, 2025
- Opinion: Alarming privacy threats are buried in the Liberal border billOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 4, 2025
- Opinion: A new academic year requires a new approach to combatting antisemitism on campusOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 5, 2024
- Opinion: The Jewish community’s concerns are often met with disbeliefOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 7, 2024
- Michael Geist: The link between antisemitic encampments and violence is realOpinion · National Post · May 27, 2024
- Opinion: The Senate should stick to its guns on Bill C-11Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 10, 2023
- Opinion: CBC’s lawsuit against the Conservatives reveals a broadcaster lost in the digital worldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 12, 2019
- CETA Failure Reflects Public Rejection of Sweeping Trade Deals | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 21, 2016
- CETA Is a Trade Deal in Trouble | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 11, 2016
- How a File-sharing Lawsuit Could Erode Your Internet Privacy | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 27, 2016
- Court's Ban on Some Set-Top Boxes Threat to Innovation | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 20, 2016
- Fixing Surveillance Starts with Spy Agencies Coming Clean | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 13, 2016
- Out of Tune? Docs Reveal Concerns about Ontario Music Fund Assessments | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 4, 2016
- Liberals Move to Stop Billion-Dollar Start-Ups from Fleeing South | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 28, 2016
- What Do Canadians Think about TPP? US Might Not Care | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 23, 2016
- Thanks to TPP, Canada Could Get Caught in Global Privacy Battle | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 18, 2016
- Big Pharma Rewarded as Drug Prices Keep Soaring | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 21, 2015
- Veiled TPP Deal Holds Hidden Privacy Risks | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 12, 2015
- Agriculture Issues Just the Tip of the TPP Iceberg | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 21, 2015
- Anti-Terror Bill Review a Bad Show of Legislative Theatre | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 6, 2015
- Mounties Stonewalled Request for Improperly Collected Data | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 2, 2015
- Beware of Loophole In New Copyright Law | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 13, 2015
- The Tyee – Why Can't Canada Innovate?Opinion · The Tyee · May 27, 2013
- Michael Geist: Michael Geist’s website went dark to protest U.S. restrictions on InternetOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 18, 2012
- Michael Geist’s website went dark to protest U.S. restrictions on Internet | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 17, 2012
- Opinion | How Obama is using tech to triumphOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2008
- Michael Geist: Copyright reform a threat to privacyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 21, 2008
- Copyright reform a threat to privacy | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 20, 2008
- Michael Geist: Our universities could learn plenty from MITOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 14, 2008
- Our universities could learn plenty from MIT | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 13, 2008
- Michael Geist: Tech law issues to watch in 2008Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 7, 2008
- Tech law issues to watch in 2008 | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 6, 2008
- The year in Canadian tech law, A to Z | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 23, 2007
- Cellphone spectrum auction only first step | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 2, 2007
- Privacy threats are no longer 'terra incognita' | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 30, 2007
- Opinion | Broadcasters must adapt to new media realityOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 23, 2007
- Misleading data undermine counterfeiting claimsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2007
- Michael Geist: Misleading data undermine counterfeiting claimsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2007
- Opinion | Dell case sets standard for online contractsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 29, 2007
- Media diversity hearings are long overdue | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 15, 2007
- Giving the Internet a sporting chance | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 8, 2007