Canada's Bill C-22 could drive out a tool 20 million people use to beat censorship
VPN VPN Services Canada's Bill C-22 could drive out a tool 20 million people use to beat censorship News By Monica J. White Published 6 October 2026 The Toronto-based Psiphon says the law would force it to break the open-source trust its users depend on When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. It says the bill would force it to compromise the safety features protecting users in authoritarian countries like Iran, Russia, and China.Psiphon joins Signal, NordVPN, and Windscribe, all of which have warned they could pull out of Canada.
- ▪VPN VPN Services Canada's Bill C-22 could drive out a tool 20 million people use to beat censorship News By Monica J.
- ▪White Published 6 October 2026 The Toronto-based Psiphon says the law would force it to break the open-source trust its users depend on When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
- ▪It says the bill would force it to compromise the safety features protecting users in authoritarian countries like Iran, Russia, and China.Psiphon joins Signal, NordVPN, and Windscribe, all of which have warned they could pull out of Canada
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| Publication time | 2026-10-06T08:20:52Z |
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VPN VPN Services Canada's Bill C-22 could drive out a tool 20 million people use to beat censorship News By Monica J. White Published 6 October 2026 The Toronto-based Psiphon says the law would force it to break the open-source trust its users depend on When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Pixabay) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Psiphon says it has started planning a move out of Canada over Bill C-22The provider warns the law would undermine its open-source trust The bill has cleared the House of Commons and now faces Senate scrutinyPsiphon…
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