Canada
Canadian MP Lisa Hepfner says there’s no such thing as an online outlet
Lobbyists are trying to boost mainstream media dominance and lawmakers don’t understand the media landscape.
Canada tells world leaders to clamp down on online “misinformation”
Calling for regulation across the globe.
Canadian credit union to track transactions and tie them to carbon footprints
Normalizing social nudging through transactions.
Canada’s censorship bill explained: A chilling law that lets the government censor user-generated content
The bill will hurt Canadian creators and users, benefit mainstream media outlets, and make it difficult for small platforms to operate.
Canada’s online censorship bill lurches forward
A major threat to free speech.
Trudeau invoked Emergencies Act despite deal to end protests, hearing finds
The act is legally only allowed to be invoked when legal means have been exhausted.
“We are not QR codes” New Alberta Premier Danielle Smith apologizes for vaccine passports
Calls for an amnesty and the purging of tracking data.
Proposed Canadian law would force Facebook and Google to pay mainstream media outlets $329.2M per year
Maintaining the dominance of mainstream media.
Canadian government has allocated $105.3 million to World Economic Forum digital ID partnership
Taxpayer dollars going towards exploring a multi-national digital ID program.
Canada’s RCMP extends its use of facial recognition
Even beyond the controversial Clearview AI.
Canada’s CBC considers ending objectivity for minority journalists, report says
As if CBC reporters are objective anyway.
Ottawa cop charged with donating to civil liberties protests
The Canadian government has heavily punished supporters of the Freedom Convoy protests.