Net Neutrality

• U.S. appeals court delivers blow to Biden’s push for open internet rules

  Net-neutrality rules require internet service providers to treat data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users.

  Tech

  Jan 3
  
• Liberals propose new rules for streaming platforms like Netflix, Spotify

  New requirements could raise as much as $830 million for Canadian content from web giants by 2023, the government said.

  Money

  Nov 3, 2020
  
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• Netflix, other streaming services should be forced to create CanCon, pay digital tax: panel

  Among the proposals are for CBC to wean itself off of advertising over the next five years.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2020
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• Trump administration sues California after governor signs law to restore net neutrality

  California’s net neutrality law is set to take effect on Jan. 1, but the Justice Department late Sunday in a court filing sought a preliminary injunction to block it from taking effect.

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2018
• Potential ‘meme killer’ law moves forward with EU lawmakers

  The European Union is moving forward with a bill that could dramatically change the way videos, photos and memes are shared on the internet.

  World

  Sep 13, 2018
• Twitter admits ‘unfairly filtering 600,000 accounts,’ but says it’s not politically motivated

  Twitter said over 600,000 accounts were not showing up in an auto-search, due to a behaviour algorithm, CEO Jack Dorsey admitted on Wednesday.

  Politics

  Sep 6, 2018
• U.S. Justice Dept. to investigate if social media companies are ‘stifling’ free exchange of ideas

  U.S. government lawyers will be looking into whether social media companies have been “intentionally stifling” the free exchange of ideas online.

  Tech

  Sep 5, 2018
• Google refutes claim that website promoted Obama’s speeches but not Donald Trump’s

  In a tweet Wednesday night, Trump posted a video that claimed the landing page of Google promoted former president Barack Obama’s State of the Union addresses but not his own.

  Tech

  Aug 29, 2018
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• Google denies Trump claim that it ‘rigged’ news searches

  Google disputed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that it was displaying only negative news about the president when searching for his name.

  Politics

  Aug 29, 2018
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• New NAFTA could include tough intellectual property laws that Canada fought against in TPP

  "It's really concerning to see that we seem to be headed down the exact same road that we just spent five years fighting."

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2018