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Why are Apple & Google opposing Canada’s online safety bill?
short by Ishaan Mukherjee / on Wednesday, 27 May, 2026
Canada's proposed Online Safety Bill, Bill C-22, is being opposed by technology firms like Apple, Google and Meta as it could force companies to create "backdoors" into encrypted services. The bill aims to modernise cybercrime, terrorism and national security threat investigations by expanding access to digital user data. The firms also argue that the bill lacks strong judicial oversight.
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