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Generative AI increasingly used for threats to Canadian democracy: Report

Howard Solomon -
Generative AI systems are increasingly being used by threat actors to influence elections around the world, including in Canada, says the latest report by...

Government and big tech funding newsrooms in Canada raises concerns

Ashee Pamma -
We have a news ecosystem in Canada in which most of the journalists could soon have at least half of their pay depend on...

Canadian law regulating social media platforms is needed fast, Parliament told

Howard Solomon -
Canada must quickly pass legislation to oversee social media platforms, says an expert in cybersecurity law, including appointing an independent regulator who can levy...

Competition Bureau to investigate Rogers’ marketing claims about its ‘Infinite’ unlimited data plans

Ashee Pamma -
The Competition Bureau is investigating whether the marketing claims made by Rogers that its Infinite wireless phone plans have unlimited data are deceptive. The Federal...

5G spectrum auction concludes; Bell, Rogers and Telus bag the most licenses

Ashee Pamma -
Twenty-two Canadian carriers collectively paid over C$2.1 billion for a record 4,099 licenses in the 3800 MHz spectrum auction.  Bell, Rogers and Telus won the...

Google reaches an agreement with the government of Canada over Bill C-18

Ashee Pamma -
After months of pushback and meetings, Google has finally struck a deal with the Canadian government over the enactment of Bill C-18, which is...

‘Meta has editorial power to use indiscriminately if content threatens their bottom line’, says Center for Countering Digital Hate

Ashee Pamma -
Imran Ahmed, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), told the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) yesterday that...

Compel social media apps to toughen their privacy, trust practices, Parliament told

Howard Solomon -
Social media platforms should be forced by the Canadian government to toughen their privacy practices, an expert told a parliamentary committee looking into illicit...

Canada’s CIO Catherine Luelo resigns, highlights the fractured federal IT systems at the House of Commons

Ashee Pamma -
Catherine Luelo, Canada’s chief information officer, has announced her resignation, two years after taking up the job to modernize the technology systems of the...

Canada’s privacy czar investigating data theft of federal employees from relocation companies

Howard Solomon -
Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the theft of 24 years of data of federal employees from two government-contracted relocation firms. As we...

Bell seeks interim relief from Bill C-11, says traditional broadcasters are suffering

Ashee Pamma -
Bell has asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to create a news fund that would subsidize broadcasters, and which will force foreign...

Data stolen on Canadian federal employees in third party hack may go back 24 years

Howard Solomon -
Ottawa now says the data theft at companies that handle moving arrangements of federal staff includes that of members of the Canadian Armed Forces,...

Five Canadian IT leaders prevail at Info-Tech’s 2023 CIO Awards

Ashee Pamma -
Five Canadian IT leaders, representing various industries and organization sizes, were honoured as winners of the Info-Tech Research Group’s annual 2023 CIO Awards. The winners...

Bill C-11: Canadian Heritage issues final policy direction to the CRTC

Ashee Pamma -
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has issued the final policy direction to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for the regulation of Bill C-11,...

Ontario government still silent after hospital ransomware attacks

Howard Solomon -
Six days after being asked for comment, the government of Ontario is still considering a public response to recent cyber attacks on hospitals in...
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