When online fundraising goes wrong…
Many of you would have heard about the devastating bushfires in Australia earlier this year, which sparked an influx of donations, including $150 million alone being donated to the Australian Red Cross. Many of these donations were collected through ‘Big Tech’ with companies like Apple, Google and even the Call of Duty game, providing ways […]
News of the Week; March 4, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Ontario’s Record Breaking, Multi-Billion Dollar Film Production Year: “A Healthy Balance Between Domestic and Foreign Production” (Michael Geist) The CUSMA Culture Poison Pill: Why the Broadcast Panel Report Could Lead to Millions in Tariff Retaliation (Michael Geist) Clarence Thomas Regrets Brand X Decision That Paved Way For The Net Neutrality Wars FCC issues wrist-slap […]
Group Presentation: Net Neutrality
Hello Class! Eunize, Steven, Tessa and myself will be presenting this week on “Net Neutrality.” Please find below brief summaries of the various parts of our presentation, as well as some links to background readings and videos. 1) What is Net Neutrality? Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) should treat all […]
Ever thought of a career outside of Law? – How to Make Billions! (NO CLICKBAIT)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/esports-business.html If you ever thought that being a lawyer was going to pay well, you should drop out now and become a professional gamer (if you’re good a video games). All jokes aside, I learned a lot about Esports during Jon’s Video Game Law class (I wrote my 25 page paper on Esports). Esports is […]
Twitter puts ‘manipulated’ tag on faked Biden video retweeted by Trump
Following through with its promises to deliver on media manipulation, Twitter, for the first time, tagged a recent post by President Trump as manipulated. Twitter’s policies on manipulated media went into effect on March 5th and this instance is believed to be the first time the company has applied the “manipulated media” tag (see screenshot […]
Geofence Warrants
A recent news article from Gainesville, Florida has brought additional scrutiny onto the practice of geofence warrants. Geofence warrants allow police departments to compel google to provide them with anonymized Google location data from anyone with a geographic radius within a a select window of time around the occurrence of a crime. If after reviewing […]
A Ring Trilogy: A Primer on Police Partnerships, Privacy and Facial Recognition Concerns
Recently, Amazon’s Ring (the electronic doorbell and surveillance technology and subsequent apps) has been the subject of criticism by media outlets for various reasons such as privacy breaches and mismanaging user data. Many issues pertaining to Amazon’s Ring intersects with some of our course lecture topics and student presentations of data privacy, facial recognition technology […]
Chinese Government Censors Coronavirus Terms
In contrast to Jocelyn’s post where freedom of speech in North America has caused rumours about the coronavirus to rapidly spread, China holds a tight reign on what information can be shared about the virus. According to this CBC article, https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/china-coronavirus-censorship-social-media-1.5483535, China has strong legislation that mandates social media platforms to censor content that “undermines […]
News of the Week; February 26, 2020
COMMUNICATIONS Complaint filed against Bell Canada and Rogers for anti-competitive conduct: Bell and Rogers sometimes inflated rates by more than 900 per cent, CRTC found Deja Vu All Over Again: Looking Back at Two Decades of Bell, Telus and Rogers Battles Over the Canadian Wireless Market (Michael Geist) Who Runs Canadian Telecom Policy Anyway?: Why […]
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