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 the Biden administration will reintroduce net neutrality at a national level is another question.
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Below you will find slides and video of this week’s “light-board” class. Had things gone well then the better part of my technological incompetence would have been edited out…Didn’t happen. I failed at iMovie. Will keep trying. Meanwhile , at the very least skip from 46:05 to 57:49!!!
Jon
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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 apologize when they made mistakes that hurt or even killed patients, because doing so might make the hospital vulnerable to a malpractice lawsuit. But research has revealed that when some hospitals began allowing doctors to offer apologies to patients and families, or even made apologizing mandatory, the likelihood of litigation was reduced.”
In most recent memory, a month ago Chewies Oyster Bar & Grill was burned at the stake for captioning an instagram “Can we get a couple skinny bitches at the bar please…”. After a long and heated debate, they released two apologies (because the first was deemed insufficient by the mob) and a lengthy post detailing the situation and their response to it (which can be seen on reddit here): https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/l0ofl7/vancouver_drama_chronicles_chewies_restaurant_and/
I would be very interested to see some real statistics on apologies and the public’s willingness to accept these offerings.
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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 out there (yeah, and out of curiosity – the controversial ones too). There was all this talk about misinformation and I wanted access to ALL information, instead of having to flit around and piece together what I thought was going on down there. Note: I don’t have Twitter. It bugs me.
Long story short, I found this app: Flipboard. Here is the Google link, if you are interested:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flipboard.app&hl=en_CA&gl=US
This app lets you choose what you’re interested in. Whether that’s American Politics, stocks, tech, the SCC, … anything, you can piece together what it is you want to see. What I really like is that you can pull news articles from all around the globe. It’s a neat way to follow politics globally instead of relying on your home country to tell you what’s worth noting abroad. Plus you can tune in to various news networks all covering one subject in order to help with your own fact checking. A “broaden your horizon” sort of ordeal.
I strongly encourage everyone to check it out. You may get an ad here or there (what else is new?) but I find myself flipping through this app more than I do most others and it’s been a blessing during these crazy times.
Kim
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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 when it announced new legislation that will force internet content providers to pay news outlets for access to their content. Suffice it to say, Australia has agreed to amend some terms in the legislation. Internet content providers, such as Facebook, will maintain control in deciding whether news content will appear on Facebook. This begs the question on competition law, i.e. whether small news outlets will have the same opportunities for online access as a larger news outlet.
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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
I think it’s worth keeping an eye on these launches because as cryptocurrency offerings become more prevalent on mainstream markets, the communications law surrounding them will be ripe for rapid development and change. It’ll be interesting to see what information the companies backing these funds will be required to disclose regarding storage and security methods, the extent to which retail investors should have access to this information, and whether standards will develop and evolve to allow investors to more easily differentiate between an increasing assortment of funds for different cryptocurrencies. It’s encouraging that Canada seems to be at the forefront of these developments!
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Hello Class!
In preparation for my audio PowerPoint presentation, I would love to able to get some class feedback on how each of us chooses to engage with the information we consume. Below you will find a link to a brief 2-question survey. The survey is intended to measure, not just how we stay up to date with current affairs, but how we use information to remain engaged with ourselves (i.e. our likes, dislikes, hobbies or passions) and others. I intend to post my presentation on the week of the 8th of March with the results of the survey. Thank you guys for your time – I truly appreciate it and I am excited to see the results!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2SN5P29
Christine I.
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