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Bill to Regulate Internet Should Sustain Traditional Media, Avoid Infringing on Free Speech, Committee Hears The federal government must find a balance between its attempt to regulate foreign digital giants and public concerns of over-surveillance of the freedom of speech on the internet, a House of Commons committee heard this week. On Nov. 3, 2020, the Liberal government introduced Bill C-10, the first legislation that has sought to amend Canada’s Broadcasting Act since 1991. The amendments...

(Originally posted Jan. 25 on Elon University’s Today at Elon website) Six leading North Carolina media organizations have joined the NC Local News Workshop at Elon University in a pilot project aiming to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in news and public affairs information for the state’s residents. The NC Media Equity Project will include: ABC11/WTVD-TV in the Raleigh-Durham area; statewide education policy and news outlet EducationNC; North Carolina’s two largest newspapers (...

Lovin Malta has filed constitutional action aimed at annulling a Broadcasting Act provision that allows political party stations to bypass the principle of impartiality. That legislation, introduced in 1991, had been debated in Parliament and amended to allow the broadcasting watchdog to “close an eye” on the manner of operation of party-owned stations, whose sole purpose was to deliver a “partisan message” that essentially could not be impartial, according to the applicants. RELATED ST...

Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has ordered the SABC board to negotiate with unions threatening to induce a blackout at the public broadcaster.

Tackling Big Tech: Are Canadians going to allow Big Tech to determine our future? This is the first in a series of articles about how Canada should navigate regulating technology companies. Popular Searches By Jessica Bay Canada is on the edge of a precipice. We have the opportunity to stand up for ourselves on the global stage and protect our virtual rights or we can allow “Big Tech” to determine our future. In Australia, Google and Facebook are fighting the government’s attempts to lev...

Share: Share this page on Twitter Share this page on LinkedIn Email this page to a friend Print this page Six leading North Carolina media organizations have joined the NC Local News Workshop at Elon University in a pilot project aiming to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in news and public affairs information for the state’s residents. The NC Media Equity Project will include: ABC11/WTVD-TV in the Raleigh-Durham area; statewide education policy and news out...

The assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 sent shockwaves throughout Malta, setting off a political earthquake that saw the eventual toppling of a prime minister and the spotlight firmly fixed on imperilled press freedoms. More than three years on from the investigative journalist’s murder, the aftershocks continue to rattle the foundations of the Maltese state as calls for reform of the country’s institutions gain momentum. Now a legal bid to disentangle political control over Ma...

Advancing Bill C-10 is key to saving local news media in Canada By Troy Reeb. Published on Jan 25, 2021 7:46am Bill C-10 is an opportunity for Ottawa to continue to deliver on its cultural goals while shifting some of the obligation from our own broadcasters to the deep-pocketed foreign streamers. The West Block of the Parliament buildings (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Last April, when deaths from COVID-19 were spiking and fear of the unknown was high, journalist Caryn Lieberman donned prot...

iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on Jan 25, 2021 9:39am Committees set for virtual, in-person meetings on Parliament Hill (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) Montreal-based scent-detection-technology company Stratuscent Inc. is seeking assistance from Technofinance Inc.’s Denis Dumas to help it access an Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada program to improve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the agriculture sector. According to its website, Stratuscent Inc. is a d...

Vaccine debacle The companies that make the COVID-19 vaccines say the second dose should be received within a certain period of time to produce the optimal…