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Followers
85.4K
Posts
27.7K
Following
856
Account age
18 yrs

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Senator David Adams Richard tears apart Bill C-11, warning against censorship and government dictating what counts as Canadian culture. Powerful speech from one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors, having won Governor General’s Award for fiction and non-fiction and Giller Prize. 632.5K views Senator David Adams Richard tears apart Bill C-11, warning against censorship and government dictating what counts as Canadian culture. Powerful speech from one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors, having won Governor General’s Award for fiction and non-fiction and Giller Prize. This both deeply troubling and explains a lot when it comes to Bill C-11. This from Bloc MP @A_Larouche_Shef: ”if violating freedom of expression means ensuring that Quebec content is well represented online then that's worth it" 428.3K views This both deeply troubling and explains a lot when it comes to Bill C-11. This from Bloc MP @A_Larouche_Shef: ”if violating freedom of expression means ensuring that Quebec content is well represented online then that's worth it" I have subscribed to @TorontoStar for as long as I can remember. I canceled my subscription today. A social justice columnist who repeatedly says “we don’t know” what Hamas did on October 7th contributes to the wave of antisemitism and can’t be supported. https://t.co/kcHOYP5Nr9 348.7K views I have subscribed to @TorontoStar for as long as I can remember. I canceled my subscription today. A social justice columnist who repeatedly says “we don’t know” what Hamas did on October 7th contributes to the wave of antisemitism and can’t be supported. https://t.co/kcHOYP5Nr9 I used to think of these as black and white images telling a story of my grandparents that I thought was a horror in the past. To see this appearing in colour today on the streets of Toronto - the city where I was born and raised - shakes me to my core. 207K views I used to think of these as black and white images telling a story of my grandparents that I thought was a horror in the past. To see this appearing in colour today on the streets of Toronto - the city where I was born and raised - shakes me to my core.

📊 Post performance

207K
Avg views / post
2.4×
Reach vs followers
Apr 2008
On X since

🔥 Top post: Senator David Adams Richard tears apart Bill C-11, warning again · 632.5K views

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.07 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 2 video · 6 image · 10 text.
Follower / following
100×
Follows 856 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Verification
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▶ 🔥 Top post Senator David Adams Richard tears apart Bill C-11, warning against censorship and government dictating what counts as Canadian culture. Powerful speech from one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors, having won Governor General’s Award for fiction and non-fiction and Giller Prize. 632.5K❤ 3.8K🔁 1.7K
If you follow me for Canadian digital policy, copyright, and AI regulation, the deeper analysis lives on my Substack - including every Law Bytes podcast episode embedded in full. Free to subscribe: 21.4K❤ 105🔁 25 Former franchisee of the Second Cup coffee shop at the Montreal Jewish Hospital, who was filmed giving a Nazi salute during a pro-Palestinian demonstration, has been arrested and now faces criminal charges. 131.9K❤ 7.2K🔁 1.5K I used to think of these as black and white images telling a story of my grandparents that I thought was a horror in the past. To see this appearing in colour today on the streets of Toronto - the city where I was born and raised - shakes … 207K❤ 1.5K🔁 814 I have subscribed to @TorontoStar for as long as I can remember. I canceled my subscription today. A social justice columnist who repeatedly says “we don’t know” what Hamas did on October 7th contributes to the wave of antisemitism and can… 348.7K❤ 2.4K🔁 842 Google now confirming it is preparing to block news links in Canada as a result of Bill C-18. Awaiting final regulations, but says draft regs don’t fix flawed law. Appears to have arrived at same conclusion as Meta. Disastrous law about to… 595.4K❤ 1.6K🔁 823 This was the top issue of discussion at our Yom Kippur break fast last night: disbelief that a Nazi was honoured, dismay that there is no accountability, and anger that the government would propose deleting the incident from the record inc… 183.3K❤ 1.6K🔁 676 ▶ This both deeply troubling and explains a lot when it comes to Bill C-11. This from Bloc MP @A_Larouche_Shef: ”if violating freedom of expression means ensuring that Quebec content is well represented online then that's worth it" 428.3K❤ 1.5K🔁 1K Disney says it has invested $3 billion in Canada, its Canadian productions like Turning Red aren’t treated as Cancon, it’s facing costly Bill C-11 regulations, and now @cafreeland singles it out for canceling subscriptions as a money-savin… ❤ 1.6K🔁 801 Bill C-11 Goes Off The Rails Amid Charges of Witness Intimidation and Bullying by Government MPs https://t.co/I6q3mu1fVB ❤ 1.5K🔁 802 I’m the grandson of holocaust survivors who thinks it shouldn’t be too much to ask the Heritage Minister to say something - anything - about officials in his department funding an anti-semite despite multiple warnings. Instead, the Parliam… ❤ 2.9K🔁 1.2K For those not watching, Canadian Heritage committee now voting on Bill C-11 amendment after amendment. The text of the amendments aren’t public, there is no debate, and no discussion. A betrayal of basic democratic norms that results from … ❤ 2.9K🔁 1.5K

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2008 — 18 years ago.
👁️Averages 207K views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬3.74% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

🛡️ Audience credibility

83/100 Excellent
  • Est. 93% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~2.4× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (18+ years old).
  • 3.74% engagement — below the ~18% typical for this size.
Est. authentic audience
93%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Law Prof, CRC in Internet and E-commerce Law @uocommonlaw @LawBytesPod Mastodon: http://mas.to/@mgeist | @ http://mgeist.bsky.social http://mgeist.substack.com

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I used to think of these as black and white images telling a story of my grandparents that I thought was a horror in the past. To see this appearing in colour today on the streets of Toronto - the city where I was born and raised - shakes me to my core. I have subscribed to @TorontoStar for as long as I can remember. I canceled my subscription today. A social justice columnist who repeatedly says “we don’t know” what Hamas did on October 7th contributes to the wave of antisemitism and can’t be supported. https://t.co/kcHOYP5Nr9 This both deeply troubling and explains a lot when it comes to Bill C-11. This from Bloc MP @A_Larouche_Shef: ”if violating freedom of expression means ensuring that Quebec content is well represented online then that's worth it" Senator David Adams Richard tears apart Bill C-11, warning against censorship and government dictating what counts as Canadian culture. Powerful speech from one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors, having won Governor General’s Award for fiction and non-fiction and Giller Prize. Bill C-11 Goes Off The Rails Amid Charges of Witness Intimidation and Bullying by Government MPs https://t.co/I6q3mu1fVB I’m the grandson of holocaust survivors who thinks it shouldn’t be too much to ask the Heritage Minister to say something - anything - about officials in his department funding an anti-semite despite multiple warnings. Instead, the Parliamentary Secretary suggests I’m racist. Not sure I’ve ever seen a leading company trash Canadian Internet policy this badly. @Twitter on the Canadian government’s online harms plan likened its site blocking plan to China, North Korea, and Iran and said even basic procedural fairness was missing. https://t.co/jA0MKFXA3r The Senate Bill C-10 Debate Concludes: “I Don’t Think This Bill Needs Amendments. It Needs a Stake Through the Heart.” https://t.co/YNQyiEf4rF

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