Andy Kaplan-Myrth
@andykm.bsky.social
@andykm@mstdn.ca and @kaplanmyrth most other places. I’m an internet and technology lawyer in Ottawa, interested in law, society, technology, boardgames, coffee, and kindness.
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Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.
Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.
Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.
Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.
Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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Last week, we published the report on Jan to Mar, 2025 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom #TekSavvy
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From Peter Nowak's Do Not Pass Go podcast: "The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank"
The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank
Competition advocate Vass Bednar discusses how her agents of SHIELD plan to address the twin problems of Canadian sovereignty and economic concentration
donotpassgo.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
From Peter Nowak's Do Not Pass Go podcast: "The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank"
There's a new must-read/listen substack reporting on competition in Canada by and now-podcaster @peternowak.bsky.social. It's called Do Not Pass Go, and it promises to fill the void in competition journalism.
donotpassgo.substack.com
#cdnpoli #competition
donotpassgo.substack.com
#cdnpoli #competition
Do Not Pass Go | Do Not Pass Go by Peter Nowak | Substack
Do Not Pass Go is delivering hard-hitting independent journalism focusing on competition and monopoly issues. Click to read Do Not Pass Go, by Do Not Pass Go by Peter Nowak, a Substack publication wit...
donotpassgo.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There's a new must-read/listen substack reporting on competition in Canada by and now-podcaster @peternowak.bsky.social. It's called Do Not Pass Go, and it promises to fill the void in competition journalism.
donotpassgo.substack.com
#cdnpoli #competition
donotpassgo.substack.com
#cdnpoli #competition
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
Important read:
“a faculty association should avoid adopting political positions unless expressly authorized in its constitution: the political line in the sand is spelled out in the constitution.”
www.caut.ca/bulletin/con...
“a faculty association should avoid adopting political positions unless expressly authorized in its constitution: the political line in the sand is spelled out in the constitution.”
www.caut.ca/bulletin/con...
Constitutional boundaries of faculty associations: The political line in the sand
www.caut.ca
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Important read:
“a faculty association should avoid adopting political positions unless expressly authorized in its constitution: the political line in the sand is spelled out in the constitution.”
www.caut.ca/bulletin/con...
“a faculty association should avoid adopting political positions unless expressly authorized in its constitution: the political line in the sand is spelled out in the constitution.”
www.caut.ca/bulletin/con...
The tariff wall is real
Husband went to send a birthday package to a friend who lives in the USA today and couldn’t because of tariffs. We already won’t cross the border to visit them. Now this. Fine, hosers, they’ll get their gift when they come to Canada. Our gift: a classic Bob and Doug McKenzie vinyl album. 🇨🇦❤️
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The tariff wall is real
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
This was cathartic. I learned a lot about the education system through my work as a school board trustee in Ottawa. It was an honour to represent my constituents.
No surprise that they were shut down within days of my resignation. I hope they aren’t reinstated before addressing their dysfunction.
No surprise that they were shut down within days of my resignation. I hope they aren’t reinstated before addressing their dysfunction.
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This was cathartic. I learned a lot about the education system through my work as a school board trustee in Ottawa. It was an honour to represent my constituents.
No surprise that they were shut down within days of my resignation. I hope they aren’t reinstated before addressing their dysfunction.
No surprise that they were shut down within days of my resignation. I hope they aren’t reinstated before addressing their dysfunction.
I wish Canadians were more familiar with the Amazon Antitrust Paradox and the Curse of Bigness. Allowing Bell, Rogers, and Telus to enter new markets is market dominance disguised as competition.
N.S.-based internet provider cries foul over federal regulations | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
N.S.-based internet provider cries foul over federal regulations | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
August 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I wish Canadians were more familiar with the Amazon Antitrust Paradox and the Curse of Bigness. Allowing Bell, Rogers, and Telus to enter new markets is market dominance disguised as competition.
N.S.-based internet provider cries foul over federal regulations | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
N.S.-based internet provider cries foul over federal regulations | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
As of today, TekSavvy is blocking two more sets of sites, as required by Quebec court orders: xt-dot-com and coinex.
Traffic to those sites is redirected to the gov's info page. But for transparency, TekSavvy also published information:
www.teksavvy.com/policies/int...
#TekSavvy #siteblocking
Traffic to those sites is redirected to the gov's info page. But for transparency, TekSavvy also published information:
www.teksavvy.com/policies/int...
#TekSavvy #siteblocking
August 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As of today, TekSavvy is blocking two more sets of sites, as required by Quebec court orders: xt-dot-com and coinex.
Traffic to those sites is redirected to the gov's info page. But for transparency, TekSavvy also published information:
www.teksavvy.com/policies/int...
#TekSavvy #siteblocking
Traffic to those sites is redirected to the gov's info page. But for transparency, TekSavvy also published information:
www.teksavvy.com/policies/int...
#TekSavvy #siteblocking
My family went on an epic Canadian roadtrip in a 2011 Mini Countryman, and check out this animation of it. We put a rooftop tent on our manual Mini (named Manuel). We drove from Ottawa to the west coast and back, visiting and camping in some of Canada's beautiful provincial and national parks.
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My family went on an epic Canadian roadtrip in a 2011 Mini Countryman, and check out this animation of it. We put a rooftop tent on our manual Mini (named Manuel). We drove from Ottawa to the west coast and back, visiting and camping in some of Canada's beautiful provincial and national parks.
Opinion from Andrew Coyne: If Bell doesn’t like competing with Telus on its own broadband network, it really won’t like the alternatives
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail....
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail....
Opinion: If Bell doesn’t like competing with Telus on its own broadband network, it really won’t like the alternatives
The telco launched a campaign complaining about new rules forcing it to allow competitors to access its fibre network
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Opinion from Andrew Coyne: If Bell doesn’t like competing with Telus on its own broadband network, it really won’t like the alternatives
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail....
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail....
Opinion: Ottawa should reverse the CRTC’s decision on wholesale internet access www.theglobeandmail....
Opinion: Ottawa should reverse the CRTC’s decision on wholesale internet access
Broadband policy should be about improving and extending connectivity – enabling the competitive, entrepreneurial investment that makes it possible
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Opinion: Ottawa should reverse the CRTC’s decision on wholesale internet access www.theglobeandmail....
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
It. Can’t. “Apologize.”
AI chatbot Grok issues apology for antisemitic posts
The chatbot wrote several antisemitic social media posts Tuesday after Elon Musk's company xAI released a revamped version of it days before.
www.nbcnews.com
July 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It. Can’t. “Apologize.”
Bigger Data Analytics
thiiiiis
semantic search is CRAZY useful in how it can unlock the value of the vast majority of data, which is unstructured
the fact that LLMs can also summarize and recontextualize that unstructured data is truly a breakthrough
this is not by any stretch of the imagination AGI
semantic search is CRAZY useful in how it can unlock the value of the vast majority of data, which is unstructured
the fact that LLMs can also summarize and recontextualize that unstructured data is truly a breakthrough
this is not by any stretch of the imagination AGI
A good 70% of the fighting over AI would have been avoided if VC hucksters (and gullible access journalists) hadn't conflated incrementally useful automation with computational sentience to make money
July 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Bigger Data Analytics
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
Join our last CIPPIC Summer Speaker Series: Telecommunications in Canada with Chairperson Vicky Eatrides and Deputy Executive Director Rachelle Frenette from the CRTC.
🗓 July 30, 2025
🕐 1PM EST
📍 Hybrid (in-person and online)
🎟 Free with registration → www.eventbrite.ca/e/cippic-sum...
🗓 July 30, 2025
🕐 1PM EST
📍 Hybrid (in-person and online)
🎟 Free with registration → www.eventbrite.ca/e/cippic-sum...
CIPPIC Summer Speaker Series 2025: Telecommunications in Canada
Join us July 30 for Telecommunications in Canada, a conversation with two senior leaders from the CRTC.
www.eventbrite.ca
July 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Join our last CIPPIC Summer Speaker Series: Telecommunications in Canada with Chairperson Vicky Eatrides and Deputy Executive Director Rachelle Frenette from the CRTC.
🗓 July 30, 2025
🕐 1PM EST
📍 Hybrid (in-person and online)
🎟 Free with registration → www.eventbrite.ca/e/cippic-sum...
🗓 July 30, 2025
🕐 1PM EST
📍 Hybrid (in-person and online)
🎟 Free with registration → www.eventbrite.ca/e/cippic-sum...
📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.
Today, we’re reporting on October to December, 2024 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom
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Today, we’re reporting on October to December, 2024 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom
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July 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
📢 Today, TekSavvy published a **Quarterly Transparency Report** about requests we got from police and how we handled them.
Today, we’re reporting on October to December, 2024 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom
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Today, we’re reporting on October to December, 2024 and as usual, I’m summarizing that report here 🧵👇🏼
#Privacy #Transparency #TransparencyReport #Telecom
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Thinking and reading about Canada's retreat on the Digital Services Tax today. Lots of food for thought in this guest article by Barry Appleton on @vassb.bsky.social's substack:
🇺🇸 trump's game of thrones www.regs2riches.com/p/trumps-gam...
🇺🇸 trump's game of thrones www.regs2riches.com/p/trumps-gam...
🇺🇸 trump's game of thrones
Trophies, Tributes, and the Tyranny of Trade
www.regs2riches.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thinking and reading about Canada's retreat on the Digital Services Tax today. Lots of food for thought in this guest article by Barry Appleton on @vassb.bsky.social's substack:
🇺🇸 trump's game of thrones www.regs2riches.com/p/trumps-gam...
🇺🇸 trump's game of thrones www.regs2riches.com/p/trumps-gam...
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
Telecoms want federal cabinet to overturn #CRTC decision on incumbent access to wholesale fibre:
www.thewirereport.ca/2025/06/20/t...
www.thewirereport.ca/2025/06/20/t...
Telecoms want federal cabinet to overturn CRTC decision on high-speed access - The Wire Report
Most Canadian telecom players want the federal government to step in to overrule the CRTC on permitting large incumbents from selling wholesale high-speed internet service to each other. The commissio...
www.thewirereport.ca
June 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Telecoms want federal cabinet to overturn #CRTC decision on incumbent access to wholesale fibre:
www.thewirereport.ca/2025/06/20/t...
www.thewirereport.ca/2025/06/20/t...
Reposted by Andy Kaplan-Myrth
The #CRTC decision in their own review of last year's wholesale decision is out: The CRTC is *not* changing the decision. In short, they say the evidence in the appeals did not convince them that they got the decision last year wrong. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The #CRTC decision in their own review of last year's wholesale decision is out: The CRTC is *not* changing the decision. In short, they say the evidence in the appeals did not convince them that they got the decision last year wrong. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
The #CRTC decision in their own review of last year's wholesale decision is out: The CRTC is *not* changing the decision. In short, they say the evidence in the appeals did not convince them that they got the decision last year wrong. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The #CRTC decision in their own review of last year's wholesale decision is out: The CRTC is *not* changing the decision. In short, they say the evidence in the appeals did not convince them that they got the decision last year wrong. crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Background: bsky.app/profile/did:...
We expect the #CRTC to release a major Internet competition decision on Friday morning: We think this will be their decision in the various appeals ("review & varies" in CRTC lingo) of their August wholesale competition decision.
Okay, there's a lot going on there, so I'll break it down: 🧵👇🏼
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Okay, there's a lot going on there, so I'll break it down: 🧵👇🏼
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June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We expect the #CRTC to release a major Internet competition decision on Friday morning: We think this will be their decision in the various appeals ("review & varies" in CRTC lingo) of their August wholesale competition decision.
Okay, there's a lot going on there, so I'll break it down: 🧵👇🏼
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Okay, there's a lot going on there, so I'll break it down: 🧵👇🏼
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There's a significant development in the saga of website blocking in Canada: Quebec's agency that regulates financial markets is banning cryptoexchanges XT and CoinEx, and to enforce it they got a court order forcing listed ISPs to block the sites:
lautorite.qc.ca/en/g... #siteblocking
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lautorite.qc.ca/en/g... #siteblocking
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June 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There's a significant development in the saga of website blocking in Canada: Quebec's agency that regulates financial markets is banning cryptoexchanges XT and CoinEx, and to enforce it they got a court order forcing listed ISPs to block the sites:
lautorite.qc.ca/en/g... #siteblocking
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lautorite.qc.ca/en/g... #siteblocking
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In a major #CRTC decision today on local news funding, Commissioner Bram Abramson—in a dissent—writes he would have mandated Creative Commons licensing for funded news content: Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-133 crtc.gc.ca/eng/archi...
#creativecommons
#creativecommons
June 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In a major #CRTC decision today on local news funding, Commissioner Bram Abramson—in a dissent—writes he would have mandated Creative Commons licensing for funded news content: Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-133 crtc.gc.ca/eng/archi...
#creativecommons
#creativecommons
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the recovery of Judih Weinstein’s remains by Israel www.pm.gc.ca/en/news...
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the recovery of Judih Weinstein’s remains by Israel
Today, after over a year and a half, Ms. Weinstein’s remains have finally been recovered by Israel.
www.pm.gc.ca
June 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on the recovery of Judih Weinstein’s remains by Israel www.pm.gc.ca/en/news...