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Bill C-18: Google confirms ending news availability in Canada

Ashee Pamma -
A week after Bill C-18 received Royal Assent, Google confirmed today that it has taken the “extremely difficult decision” to remove links to Canadian...

Meta confirms it will end news availability for Canadians as Bill C-18 passes

Ashee Pamma -
Meta said in a statement today that news availability will be ended on Facebook and Instagram prior to the Online News Act taking effect. The...

House of Commons committee puts appointment of Navdeep Bains to Rogers’ exec team under scrutiny

Ashee Pamma -
Yesterday, the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) examined the appointment of former ISED minister, Navdeep Bains...

Government powers under Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law should be limited: Rights groups

Howard Solomon -
Parliament must limit government powers over the private sector in the proposed Canadian cybersecurity legislation, say several civil rights groups, arguing the current version...

Bill C-18 edges closer to becoming law after Senate approval

Ashee Pamma -
Bill C-18 could become law in just a few days, after it passed the Senate third reading, yesterday, with 51 votes in favour, 23...

Landslide EU plenary vote lays groundwork for first-ever comprehensive AI regulation laws

Ashee Pamma -
Today, the European Parliament approved the EU AI Act, with 499 votes in favour, 28 against, and 93 abstentions.  The plenary vote comes after members...

Canadian government funds media literacy research project to combat disinformation

Breanna Schnurr -
The Canadian government is providing a C$5.5 million investment to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network (CDMRN). Announced on Jun. 7 by Dominic LeBlanc,...

Department of Canadian Heritage proposes policy directions to the CRTC to implement Bill C-11

Ashee Pamma -
The department of Canadian Heritage announced today that it is proposing to issue policy directions to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in...

Minister Rodriguez refuses to discuss what would happen to Bill C-18 if Google and Meta pull out

Ashee Pamma -
Canada’s Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said in a senate committee meeting Wednesday that he is “uncomfortable” discussing what would happen to Bill C-18 if...

News businesses estimated to receive C$330 million per year from digital platforms under Bill C-18

Ashee Pamma -
Canada’s parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux revealed in a Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) meeting Wednesday evening that digital news businesses...

Google shares ‘priority concerns’ about Bill C-18 and proposes amendments

Ashee Pamma -
Yesterday, Google shared its main concerns with Bill C-18 with The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) and proposed amendments to the...

Quebec introduces a bill to fight against planned obsolescence

Renaud Larue Langlois -
Known as the “Act to protect consumers against planned obsolescence and to promote durability, repairability and the maintenance of goods,” Bill 29 proposes “major...

Meta hit with US$1.3B fine over GDPR data privacy violations

Howard Solomon -
Meta has been hit with a record 1.2 billion euro (US$1.3 billon) fine by the European Union following an investigation into Facebook’s transfers of...

Proposed overhaul of Canada’s private sector privacy law ‘a step in the right direction’: Commissioner

Howard Solomon -
Canada’s privacy commissioner says the government’s proposals to modernize Canada’s federal private sector privacy law are “a step in the right direction,” but must...

Meta threatens to end news content in Canada if Bill C-18 is passed

Ashee Pamma -
Today, Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, unveiled Meta’s position on the Online News Act, Bill C-18 in an opening statement he was...
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