Canadians should know if a social media post, television show or any other content was made by AI, according to a new report from the House heritage committee.
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A trade association representing many of the world’s largest technology firms is warning Canada’s proposed merger enforcement guidelines could stifle economic growth and deter pro-competitive deals in the digital sector.
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Ensuring domestic stories can thrive in a crowded digital world depends on a shift towards prioritizing the viewer’s experience at every stage of production, according to some players in the Canadian media sector #cancon #primetime
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Ottawa quietly released the results of its AI strategy consultation on Thursday, which found individuals and experts are worried about the potential social and ethical effects of the technology:
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‘Where’s the plan B?’: Media executives ask for contingency plan if Liberals axe Online Streaming Act during trade talks:
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‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’:
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
Streamers challenge #CRTC decision to publicly disclose financial information:
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#CRTC expands definition of Canadian content, sets minimum level for copyright ownership:
#CanCon #OnlineStreamingAct
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@thewirereport.ca profiled our expanded Board and our work to shape 🇨🇦 digital policy.
Uniting voices from academia, industry, & tech regulation, we’re moving beyond reacting to directly shaping legislation through strategic engagement & early government dialogue:
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Online News Act undermines outlets’ ability to prevent AI scraping, copyright violations, Parliamentary committee told:
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Canada’s decision to scrap #DST is raising questions about the durability of the country’s other #digital #policy measures, such as the #OnlineStreamingAct, #OnlineNewsAct, and pending #OnlineHarms legislation:
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Canadian wireless internet providers are being displaced from a band of spectrum they have been using for years. The high costs of the transition and strict rules around other spectrum bands have some groups worried about its impact on their services:
#5G
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OpenMedia calls federal digital policy ‘disaster’, makes pitches for feds’ consideration:
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Online streamers continue to argue against the #CRTC applying traditional broadcasting regulations on their operations, asserting that their business models fundamentally differ from the conventional TV and radio landscape:
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The group calls for immediate and coordinated action, with recommendations to update electoral rules, establish codes of conduct for political parties, and create independent teams to monitor and respond to AI-driven threats to elections:
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This was a really interesting one to work on - It's also our free/unlocked story of the week. So if you're not a subscriber (yet), give it a read while you can!
Former #Conservative Heritage Minister urges Tories to recognize importance of creative sector, #CBC:
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If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”
The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out
Three government bills and one private member’s bill dealing with cyber matters were among those that died when Parliament was prorogued:
#cdnpoli #AI #privacy #BillC63 #BillC27 #BillC26 #BillC412
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Bell says it will not participate in future government-subsidized broadband projects unless the CRTC restricts the country’s largest telecom companies from reselling internet services over each other’s high-speed networks:
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The Competition Bureau is suing Google for allegedly engaging in anti-competitive conduct in the online advertising market:
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The #CRTC has launched three consultations it says are aimed at improving consumer protection measures. The new rules being considered involve customer notification requirements, cancellation fees, and self-service mechanisms:
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The #CRTC is asking if it is in the public interest to change its interim decision on wholesale fibre access – after cabinet ordered it to reconsider whether it should block Bell, Rogers, and Telus from using the framework:
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Terrestar, a Quebec-based satellite communications company, is bringing the #CRTC to the Federal #Court of Appeal over its decision that spectrum sublicensing revenues must be included when calculating #telecom companies’ financial contribution requirements:
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It's promising that the #CRTC continues to talk about telecom as an affordability issue. Under the previous CRTC leadership, affordability was too often sidelined as a telecom policy goal, or qualified with other outcomes.
