Canada's Plan to Make Boycotting Israel a 'Hate Crime' is Stupid and Counterproductive. (It also violates fundamental human rights.)

It is important to note the difference between the boycott of Israel's colonies in Palestine and products made in them, advocated by Gush Shalom, and the Palestinians' BDS movement, which applies to all Israeli companies and all Israeli institutions except those that denounce the occupation. The Israeli government treats them both the same, and subjects anyone who advocates either one to the danger of being sued into bankruptcy.

The Trade in Services Agreement would prohibit signatory states from insisting on running free software.

As well as other bigger nasty things.

The Sri Lankan army took the land of many Tamils, decades ago, and is using it for civilian business.

Putin declared it is a crime in Russia to report the death of a soldier.

This is to repress reports from relatives of the soldiers that are killed fighting secretly in Ukraine.

What should it mean to protect the privacy of students in school?

I think that schools should not be allowed to hand any information about any students to anyone, outside of certain specific exceptions (reports to parents, and responses to subpoenas). Even making an account in a student's name on some company's server violates the student's privacy.