Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reform

November 17, 2025 • 00:31:25
Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reform
Law Bytes
Episode 250: Wikimedia’s Jan Gerlach on the Risks and Challenges with Digital Policy Reform

Nov 17 2025 | 00:31:25

/

Show Notes

I’m not quite sure how this happened, but somehow this is the 250th episode of the Law Bytes podcast. To mark this milestone, I’m joined by Jan Gerlach, Wikimedia’s Director of Public Policy, who leads its EU advocacy work, including efforts on UK Online Safety Act. This is particularly relevant in a Canadian context since this work has touched on issues such as user identification, platform regulation, and rules surrounding AI. Our conversation features a wide ranging discussion on these issues, providing insight into some of the risks and challenges associated with digital policy reform.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

October 21, 2021 • 00:40:19
Episode Cover

Episode 14: Big Data, Privacy and Democracy: A Conversation With Nathaniel Erskine-Smith on the International Grand Committee

The debate over big data, privacy and its implications for democracy came to Ottawa last week as the International Grand Committee brought together the...

Listen

Episode 0

October 28, 2021 • 00:28:26
Episode Cover

Episode 59: "It's a Racist Policy" - Ben Cashdan on the U.S. Effort to Derail South Africa's Copyright Reform

South Africa spent years embroiled in a high profile effort to update its copyright law responding to concerns from creators, the education community, and...

Listen

Episode 0

April 20, 2026 • 00:34:38
Episode Cover

Ep. 265 - Jason Millar on Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, and the Governance Crisis in Frontier AI

In a year in which AI has truly dominated much of the news cycle, the story of Anthropic’s Mythos may be the biggest story...

Listen