Meta Warns Against Government Surveillance Overreach in Proposed Lawful Access Bill
Meta Challenges Federal Surveillance Proposals Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, warned Canadian lawmakers on May 8 that the proposed Bill C-22—the Lawful Access Act—risks transforming private technology corporations into extensions of government surveillance apparatuses. During a House of Commons public safety committee hearing, Meta’s head of public policy, Rachel Curran, cautioned…