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What else can you call a government that’s working to outlaw online anonymity? That plans to ID internet users as if going online is the same as entering a bar? That plans to create the equivalent of a human rights tribunal for offensive speech online?

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These are just some of the consequences that will come from Bill C-22, which could effectively ban VPNs, and Bill C-34, the proposed internet censorship scheme. While they’re not law yet, there’s little standing in their way now that the Liberals have a majority. Indeed, despite the chorus of objections that have been raised to Bill C-22 by the tech sector and by Canadian civil society, the Liberals fast-tracked it and passed it in the House of Commons on Thursday.

The initial draft of Bill C-22 permitted the government to build a back door into the personal data of every Canadian — thereby breaking encryption and effectively banning the use of VPNs, which mask a user’s internet provider address. It also forced every online service provider to hold on to that data for one year.

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