Citizen Lab highlights concerns that Canada’s proposed lawful-access Bill C-22 could undermine encryption protections and require messaging services to collect metadata. Signal said it would leave the Canadian market rather than comply if the bill mandated such access, while researchers said officials were unwilling to clearly protect encryption.
2026.07.16
96% relevant
This advances the same underlying event: Canada’s Lawful Access Act / Bill C-22. The new reporting adds Sen. Ron Wyden’s warning to U.S. officials that the bill could let Canada compel U.S. firms to build surveillance backdoors, store metadata for up to a year, and affect CLOUD Act negotiations.
Thorin Klosowski
2026.06.18
96% relevant
This article updates the same Bill C-22 legislative fight by reporting that the bill is being rushed toward a vote before June 19, that key backdoor provisions were shielded from separate debate, and that EFF is reiterating opposition alongside Signal, Apple, Google, VPN providers, Citizen Lab, and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
Claire Posno
2026.05.25
93% relevant
This is the same underlying policy story around Canada’s proposed Bill C-22. It adds Citizen Lab’s argument that the bill could also pave the way for a U.S.-Canada CLOUD Act agreement enabling foreign law-enforcement requests for real-time surveillance, including wiretaps and device hacking in Canada.
Anna Mackay
2026.05.14
100% relevant
This article establishes a distinct policy and privacy story around Canada’s Bill C-22 and its potential impact on encrypted communications, with a concrete response from Signal.