Lawrence Lessig & Roger Mcnamee: “Waking Up to the Internet Platform Disaster”
The first 23 minutes of this video are extraordinary. Totally riveting and very much an effective capstone to many of the themes covered last class, especially by (unknowingly since the discussion happened in Cambridge Mass. a month ago) connecting A.I., the New Zealand racist murders, and the core issue of “To Regulate or Not to […]
European Responses to Facebook’s Ad Model
Found these articles fascinating, so wanted to share :). https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/ https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/03/23/why-big-tech-should-fear-europe
Question of the Week (Class 9): It is time for a regulator of internet content…Yes or No?
It’s been a sad and difficult week. The tragedy that was the made for the web racist atrocity in New Zealand felt like it might be a tipping point for regulation of the internet. Ironic then that it followed by mere days the House of Lords issuing a report calling for exactly that. At the […]
Proposed Order of Direction to the CRTC
Whether you have been following the proposed Order under the Telecommunications Act or not, this article is an interesting read! The proposed directive order to the CRTC would impact the policy objectives of the Telecommunications Act. Specifically, “the Proposed Policy Direction moves away from this laissez faire approach to one which mandates the CRTC to […]
Should Twitter allow unfettered free speech on their platform?
In a recent interview on the Joe Rogan Podcast, the CEO of twitter Jack Dorsey and global lead of legal, policy, trust and safety Vijaya Gadde were interviewed by Joe Rogan and Tim Pool, a right wing independent journalist. The fact that an interview of this magnitude took place on a free youtube podcast says […]
New Bidding for Wireless Spectrum, will this lower our bills?
Starting today an auction began for a wireless spectrum in the 600 megahertz range in which a bunch of telecom companies will be entering. Will this auction result in lower bills for users due to the increase in the spectrum a company has? Unfortunately not. With that said, there should be an increase in quality […]
I Want Your Opinion: Driving Force Behind Facebook Pivot?
Hey all, I’m sure we’ve all heard about Mark Zuckerberg’s recent post on Facebook titled “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking” that many are calling a manifesto of sorts. I don’t want to give too many opinions about the post since it has been commented on ad nauseum (including in a few good articles included […]
Question of the Week (Class 8): Should Canadian ownership of telecommunications companies continue to be required?
Last week, the Canadian Government issued a Direction to the CRTC under the Telecommunications Act with a view to increasing competition and lowering cellular phone prices Canada has had Canadian ownership rules in both broadcasting and telecom in place for a very, very long time. For years it appeared that the Canadian government was planning […]
Terms of Use of Instagram explained to an 8 years old
I found a French article about terms and conditions of Instagram that I wanted to share with you because it raises the issues of children on social media and because even adult can benefit from this article to better understand the “rules of Instagram”. What if terms and conditions of use of Instagram were explained […]
The Gendering of Personal Assistants: Talk by Dr. Rachel Adams
A.I. is here and growing. The future of A.I. as both an engine of communications technologies and as a middleware interface to communicate with us is hard to doubt. A fascinating thing about technology which comes up again and again is how, no matter what the objective choices might be, we have the marked tendency […]
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