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We’ve written a bunch of stuff about the obvious to anyone who understands the internet problems of Canada’s C-18, now dubbed the Online News Act. The fundamental premise behind it is to break the open internet, as an obviously corrupt forced wealth transfer from one disfavored industry to an industry that helps get politicians elected.…
The news that online streamers and podcasters will soon be required to register with Canada's broadcasting regulator is causing confusion and concern that
Social media users not required to register with regulator, but some services will be
This week on “It’s Political,” we dig into the federal government’s response to a crisis decades in the making. The Online News Act, which became law this summer, has prompted Meta to block news links on its platforms. Is Google ready to follow suit?
Blackberry, OpenText, Ada-AI, Cohere and Coveo are among the first signatories of finalized guidelines, announced Wednesday by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne.