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Another rewarding and fun aspect of my work is speaking with news media to shine light on the ethical and human rights implications of emerging technologies. 

Here are some highlights of my engagement with journalists.

• How a New Jersey Man was Wrongly Arrested Through Facial Recognition Tech Now in Use in Ontario – CBC News, June 2024
  
  
• Evolving Police Tech or ‘Slippery Slope’? Facial Recognition Partnership in Peel and York Has Critics Concerned – The Toronto Star, May 2024
  
  
• Data Privacy as a Human Right Must Be Recognized by Privacy and AI Bill, Say Advocates – The Hill Times, May 2024
  
  
• Use of Facial Recognition as Security Tool on Parliament Hill Would Pose Risks: Study – CTV News, Aug. 2022
  
  
• La Police d’Edmonton Utilise la Technologie de Reconnaissance Faciale – The CBC/Radio-Canada, Feb. 2022

• RCMP Wants to Use AI to Learn Passwords in Investigations, but Experts Warn of Privacy Risks – The Globe & Mail, Nov. 2021
  
  
• T-Mobile Says Hack Exposed Personal Data of 40 Million People – The New York Times, Aug. 2021
  
  
• Facial Recognition Technology ‘Fundamentally Undemocratic,’ says Angus as Critics Wary of Political Use – The Hill Times, July 2021
  
  
• Canada Lags in Coordinated Disclosure of Cybersecurity Risks – The Logic, June 2021
  
  
• Could Face and Voice Recognition Become the New ’Phrenology’? – CBC Spark, June 2021
  
  
• How to Sext Safely: A Guide to Protecting Your Privacy While Getting Intimate Online – Xtra Magazine, Jan. 2021

• Warnings About Facial Recognition in Policing – CBC News: The National (TV), June 2024
  
  
• IA, Être ou Ne Pas Être (L’adulte : L’âge de la Raison) – Ici Radio Canada (Documentary), July 2022
  
  
• Fact or Fiction: How Accessible Are ‘Deepfakes’ Becoming? – Global News (TV), June 2021
  
  
• The Growing Criticism Over Instagram’s Algorithm Bias – CityNews (TV), Apr. 2021
  
  
• Clearview AI Violated Canadian Privacy Law with Facial Recognition: Report – CBC News: The National (TV), Feb. 2021

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Radio and Podcasts

• Toxic Harm Online — What Can Fix It? – The House, CBC Radio (Radio), Aug. 2022
  
  
• Unpacking Cyberattacks on Healthcare Institutions: Gaps & Possibilities in Canadian Legal Frameworks – McGill Journal of Law and Health Podcast (Podcast), Jan. 2022
  
  
• Being Watched: How Surveillance Amplifies Racist Policing and Threatens the Right to Protest – Don’t Call Me Resilient (Podcast), Oct. 2021
  
  
• Biometric Surveillance – CBC Spark (Radio & Podcast), June 2021