Presentation on the Amplification of Disinformation in the Age of Digital Media
Hello everyone, Alternative Link Above you will find my presentation. My apologies for the delay in posting my presentation. I had intended to post this earlier but came across technical difficulties in the recording process. I had to record my presentation without pause, so you may hear me clear my throat a few times. I […]
Presentation: Internet Censorship of Sexually Explicit Content
Hi Everyone, Saska and I (Hellen) are doing our presentation on censorship of sexually explicit content by online platforms. Saska’s presentation will be on how internet platforms have treated nipples differently based on assumptions about the person’s gender identity; Hellen’s presentation will be on Only Fans. In preparation for our presentations please read these two […]
Deep Fake Technology: digital deception
Hello everyone, Paige, Jared and I are presenting on the emergence of Deep Fake Technology. Our presentation will be added up shortly. Audio will already embedded in each slide, just click the grey speaker icon on each slide to start it. Before we upload the presentation, please take a few minutes to listen to the […]
Soundcloud’s new royalty model
Soundcloud announced today its new ‘fan-powered royalties’ model. Unlike the current industry model which pools revenues and pays based on total number of streams, the new fan-powered model distributes royalties based on revenue from fans/users directly to the artists that they streamed. Prior to reading about this I was not aware that there was such […]
Australia passes law forcing Google and Facebook to pay news publications
Building on the earlier post on this topic, I wanted to keep talking about this because it is interesting and will probably influence Canadian legislation. For context, some highlights from the c net article linked below: – Following a new Australian bill, “Google and Facebook are required to negotiate licensing agreements with publishers for the […]
News of the Week; February 24, 2021
COMMUNICATIONS Court Tosses Devin Nunes’ Silly SLAPP Lawsuit Against CNN California can enforce net neutrality law, judge rules in loss for ISPs California Poised To Defeat Broadband Industry In Scrum Over Net Neutrality ‘Net Neutrality Hurt Internet Infrastructure Investment’ Is The Bad Faith Lie That Simply Won’t Die Comcast reluctantly drops data-cap enforcement in 12 […]
Upcoming Presentation – Super Bowl Commercials and Canadian Content
Hi everyone! Jessica and I are doing a project on Canadian Content laws and their effect on the Super Bowl ads that are broadcasted in Canada. To familiarize yourself with the topic, feel free to check out this article: https://adage.com/article/special-report-super-bowl/why-canadians-cant-watch-most-american-super-bowl-commercials/2311896 Also, check out this case that we will discuss in our presentation: https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2019/2019scc66/2019scc66.html And if […]
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