Weekly Newsletter: August 16, 2022

(August 9 – August 15, 2022)

Canadian News 

·        [PRIVACY] Security researcher slams federal government for refusing to identify RCMP’s spyware provider (Globe and Mail)

·        [PRIVACY] RCMP has been using spyware tools for years and in more cases than previously reported, MPs told (CTV News)

·        [PRIVACY/SURVEILLANCE] Ottawa doit dévoiler quels logiciels espions la GRC utilise, juge un expert (Le Journal de Montréal)

·        [COVID TRACKING] What you need to know about Canada’s divisive ArriveCAN app (CBC)

·        [OFFICIAL LANGUAGES] Ottawa should offer Indigenous-language training, exemptions to public servants: memo (Toronto Star)

·        [MEDIA OWNERSHIP] Rogers, Shaw, Quebecor sign definitive agreement on planned sale of Freedom Mobile (CTV News)

·        [MEDIA OWNERSHIP] Freedom Mobile presque vendu à Vidéotron (Le Devoir)

·        [TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE] Telus wants to charge customers a fee for paying their bills with a credit card (Financial Post)

·        [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] Airbnb almost as expensive as a hotel, figures show, as growing fees prompt user outrage (Globe and Mail)

·        [COPYRIGHT/PUBLIC BROADCASTING] Un détournement conspirationniste de «Bobino» retiré du Web (Le Devoir)

·        [TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE] Toronto investigating after downtown core power outage (Globe and Mail)

·        [ONLINE HATE] Opinion: Vincent: Vicious online attacks won’t silence voices in Canadian media (The Star)

·        [HATE SPEECH] Opinion: Benlolo: The necessity of laws against hate speech (National Post)

·        [PRIVACY] Opinion: Star Editorial Board: Policing police data collection (The Star)

·        [PRIVACY/SURVEILLANCE] Opinion: Myles: La GRC est indigne de notre confiance (Le Devoir)

·        [PUBLIC BROADCASTING] Opinion: Sarkonak: Diversity quotas put on CBC spending (National Post)

International News

·        [PRIVACY] FTC Faces New Partisan, Legal Headwinds in Writing Privacy Rules (Financial Post)

·        [COPYRIGHT] Warhol’s Images of Prince: Social Commentary or Copyright Infringement? (NYT)

·        [DEFAMATION] Defamation Suit About Election Falsehoods Puts Fox on Its Heels (NYT)

·        [BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE] Faster Internet Is Coming to America – as Soon as the Government Knows Where to Build It (WSJ)

·        [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms (NYT)

·        [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] Facebook bans hate speech but still makes money from white supremacists (Washington Post)

·        [FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION] Salman Rushdie ‘road to recovery has begun’ but ‘will belong’, agency says (The Guardian)

·        [PRIVACY] EU Court Expands Definition of Sensitive Data, Prompting Legal Concerns for Companies (WSJ)

·        [CYBERSECURITY] A Greek Scandal Reverberates as Eavesdropping Expands in Europe (NYT)

·        [ONLINE HARMS] Big Tech tried to quash Russian propaganda. Russia found loopholes. (Washington Post)

·        [CYBERSECURITY] Hacker offers to sell data of 48.5 million users of Shanghai’s COVID app (Reuters)

·        [PLATFORM REGULATION] Google opposes Facebook-backed proposal for self-regulatory body in India (Financial Post)

·        [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] Opinion: The Editorial Board: The White House and Twitter Censorship (WSJ)