Cyberbullying, Regulation and Accountability
Hello everyone! My name is Vanessa. I am presenting on the topic of cyberbullying. Due to COVID, there’s been a rise in internet use for children and adults who are working, learning and socializing from home. As a result, there’s also been a spike in cyberbullying across different countries. Please take a look at these […]
Rogers agrees to buy Shaw in a deal valued at $26 billion
Hi everyone, https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-signs-deal-buy-shaw-1.5949825 Some recent news here. Rogers Communications has agreed to buy Shaw Communications in a deal valued at $26 billion, which would make Rogers the 2nd largest cell operator in Canada behind BCE Inc., overtaking Telus. Currently, the deal is waiting on 2/3rds majority shareholder approval. Also, the deal will be scrutinized by […]
ONSC strikes down law targeting election misinformation
Davies J of the ONSC has ruled in favour of a Charter s. 2(b) challenge to s. 91 of the Canada Election Act. That provision made it an offence to make or publish certain false statements about political and public figures with the intention of affecting election results. Examples of statements captured by the provision […]
Google announces its intention to move away from all forms of third-party identifiers
Hello Class, Earlier this week, Google announced that it intends to move away from third-party cookie trackers in response to an “erosion of trust”. This move will fundamentally impact digital advertising. Where current practices allow companies to track a user’s online activity to the extent of collecting their personal information, Google now strives to achieve […]
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 […]
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