Canada
Trudeau government body sues digital media outlets to ban them from attending government press events
The Leaders’ Debate Commission, a body created and chosen by the Trudeau government, is using taxpayer money to appeal a Canadian Federal Court’s decision to grant accreditation to journalists from Rebel Media and True North for government press events.
The Trump Administration is invoking Section 230 protection clause for social platforms in trade deals
The goal of this seems to be to protect US tech companies’ business abroad from lawsuits.
Justin Trudeau makes tackling online “hate speech” a major election policy
“We believe that when social media platforms are used to spread these harmful views, the platforms themselves must also be held accountable,” the party said.
Canadian EasyDNS threatened with criminal action by German lawyer firm for not violating client privacy
In its response, easyDNS informed Fechner that it does business respecting Canada’s privacy law.
Justice Department orders Apple and Google to reveal the names and locations of gun scope app users
This is the first time American investigators have demanded personal data from users of a single Apple or Google app.
Facebook to test hiding ‘likes’
The testing follows more widespread implementation on Instagram.
Google bans another developer and won’t tell them why
The final message from “Google Play team” reads: “I’m not able to provide any more information or a better answer to your question. In our previous email, I made sure to include all the information available to me.”
Health research site Examine.com has been battered by Google’s search algorithm, wiping 90% of its traffic
The website thinks it’s been accidentally caught in the crossfire of Google algorithm changes.
Kitchen company says it will only refund customers owed funds if they promise not to leave a negative review
Companies are finding new ways to defend their businesses from online reviews, in this case, the ways are based on legal clauses written by skilled lawyers.
Software developer imprisoned in Iran after developing open-source software is now free
The developer was imprisoned after software he created was later used by others to upload porn to the internet.
Instagram starts hiding public likes in Ireland
This follows public likes being hidden for Canadian Instagram users in May.
Twitter launches soft censorship feature “hidden replies” – starting in Canada
The feature has been tested for some time, and now it’s about to roll out.