Marc-Roger Gagné
Published essays on law, technology, privacy, sovereignty and public power.
Le Plateau gathers the published work and public profile of Marc-Roger Gagné, a Canadian jurist and privacy expert whose essays examine the systems reshaping democratic institutions, digital governance, artificial intelligence and state power.
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Digital Sovereignty
Essays on technology, institutional power and democratic control.

The Suez Moment America Chose - Irish Tech News
For seventy years, the Western order rested on a simple assumption; American power was both permanent and reliable. That assumption is ending. We are living

Digital God Doesn't Run on Faith
AI is not running in the cloud. It is running on infrastructure, and that infrastructure has a cost. Nobody talks about what it costs to think at scale.…

Nervous Until Proven Innocent - Irish Tech News
At trial, I watch for small fractures in composure. A tremor at the corner of the mouth. A tightening around the eyes when a document is handed up.…

Cuba: Where Even the Blockchain Can't Bootstrap Recovery - Irish Tech News
As I write this, it's Christmas Eve. While many of us are moving through a season of comfort and predictability, I keep returning to what I saw walking

The House That Trump Broke ; Canada Watches America Burn - Irish Tech News
Canada and the United States were once inseparable; not just neighbors, but partners who built a life together. We shared dreams, intertwined economies, and a

Where Does Your Face Go After Landing? - Irish Tech News
I first encountered biometric screening at Abu Dhabi airport a few years ago. The gate scanned my face, flashed green, and opened without a word. No officer,