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 […]
California district judge allows state to preserve net neutrality
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/23/22298199/california-net-neutrality-law-sb822 Net neutrality took a beating in the states a few years ago, and though California largely repaired the law at a state level it was prevented from enforcing it by various lawsuits from the telecom industry. A new decision by district judge John Mendez just denied the final injunction standing in California’s way. Whether […]
Apologies
Further to Professor Festinger’s unwillingness to accept facebooks repeated privacy violations and hackneyed apologies, I wanted to look at organizational responses to public outcry. The article I found is out of the Harvard Business Review is a step-by-step guide: https://hbr.org/2015/09/the-organizational-apology. A quote I found especially interesting: “For many years, medical professionals were advised not to […]
Flipboard: The greatest App on my iPhone
I was filling out Christine’s survey re: Misinformation and thought I should share this with you all before I forget. During the Trump debacle, I was frustrated with how to go about sourcing news articles. I found it easy enough to google CNN/ABC/etc but I still wanted to see what other, less familiar, articles were […]
Facebook restores access to news pages in Australia after a week-long blackout
Hi class, Building on the most recent News of the Week over Facebook’s decision to blackout access to both Australian news on the international scale and news pages on Facebook in Australia, an agreement has been reached between Facebook and the Australian Government. To summarize, Australia has been at the forefront of the news recently […]
World’s first two Bitcoin ETFs launch in Canada
Hi everyone! This past week, the world’s first and second Bitcoin exchange traded funds – the Purpose Bitcoin and Evolve Bitcoin ETFs respectively – launched in Canada on the Toronto Stock Exchange. You can read Global BC’s article about the Purpose Bitcoin ETF here: https://globalnews.ca/news/7648201/bitcoin-etf-tsx-debut/ …and Yahoo Finance’s article on the Evolve ETF here: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/north-americas-second-bitcoin-etf-launches-in-canada-today-164700144.html […]
AI used to make psychedelic mushrooms and edibles
I found a post I wanted to share – there is a company using AI technology to create psychedelics mushrooms and edibles – thought it was quite an interesting concept! https://ca.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/941952/aion-therapeutic-meet-the-team-using-artificial-intelligence-to-create-a-full-lineup-of-psychedelic-and-cannabis-therapies-941952.html
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