Liberals Narrow Metadata Retention

Late Wednesday night, Liberals rushed through major amendments to Bill C-22, slashing metadata retention from one year to six months and narrowing what data must be kept—despite earlier promises to keep the one-year rule. Privacy groups and tech giants like Apple and Signal warned the original bill threatened encryption, though a new clause now protects companies from being forced to decrypt. Secret orders were also capped at two years and can now be partially public. Critics slammed the government for bypassing debate, but the bill’s core—expanding police and intelligence access—still advances, leaving the digital privacy battle far from settled. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/615bb1902d31fe4f