Expert raises concern about anti-terrorism bill, C-51

Cambridge Times

James Jackson
March 23, 2015

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CAMBRIDGE- An expert on Internet governance is warning policy-makers to carefully consider the range and scope of new security powers aimed at patrolling the illegal underbelly of the World Wide Web.

Eric Jardine, a research fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, says an increasing number of criminals are moving away from the top-level Internet most people use every day and shifting toward the more anonymous Dark Web. His comments come as the federal government is considering a new anti-terror bill, C-51.

Technology and government policies have not kept pace with the shift, meaning as legislation is developed to …

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