Weekly News: September 20, 2022

Weekly News (September 20, 2022)

Compiled by Brad McNeil, Kyle Wyndham-West, Meaghan Wester, and Nick Gertler with Sara Bannerman and Fenwick McKelvey

McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

(September 13-September 19, 2022)

Canadian News 

• [BROADCASTING POLICY] Disney wants Ottawa to redefine what counts as a Canadian film (The Globe and Mail)
• [PRIVACY] Did Canada use facial-recognition software to strip two refugees of their status? A court wants better answers (The Toronto Star)
• [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE/LABOUR] Canadian Union of Postal Workers accuses Uber of violating Ontario’s labour laws (The Globe and Mail)
• [CYBERSECURITY] Dozens of cyberespionage operations perpetrated against Canada since 2010: study (The National Post) / Au moins 75 cybermenaces étrangères visant le Canada, dévoile un rapport (Le Devoir)
• [BELL / CYBERSECURITY]À la suite d’une attaque informatique Fuite de données chez Bell Solutions techniques (La Presse)
• [BROADCASTING POLICY] Le chef du PQ veut que Télé-Québec diffuse plus d’émissions jeunesse du Québec (Le Devoir)
• [TELECOMMUNICATIONS] After 22 years in the C-suite, Telus’ Darren Entwistle still has a long to-do list (The Globe and Mail)
• [BROADCASTING POLICY] OPINION: The Online Streaming Act is trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist (Toronto Star)
• [BROADCASTING POLICY] OPINION: How Ottawa’s internet censorship law will affect you (Financial Post)

• [PERSONAL INFORMATION] OPINION: Hey kid, wanna try some social media? Wouldn’t it be nice if governments forced social-media companies to make a genuine effort to keep kids off the online road until they turn 16? (The Globe and Mail)
• [CONFIDENTIALITY LAW] OPINION: Hockey Canada’s use of NDAs is part of an alarming trend to muzzle victims of all kinds of abuse and discrimination (The Toronto Star)
• [PRESS GOVERNANCE] OPINION: Clément FontaineLe Conseil de presse, un outil démocratique essentiel (Le Devoir)

 International News

• [PLATFORM REGULATION] A landmark Supreme Court fight over social media now looks likely (The Washington Post)
• [PLATFORM REGULATION] Appeals court upholds Texas law regulating social media moderation (The Washington Post)
• [COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNANCE] How state regulators supplanted the feds in policing crypto markets (The Washington Post)
• [DISINFORMATION; CONTENT MODERATION; PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] Trump’s ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers (The Washington Post)
• [FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION] Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive (The New York Times)
• [PRIVACY] How to prevent customs agents from copying your phone’s content (The Washington Post)
• [PRIVACY] Uber suffers computer system breach, alerts authorities (The Washington Post)
• [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] Twitter whistleblower payment doesn’t breach deal terms as Musk claims: company (Global News) 

(September 13-September 19 2022)

Supreme Court of the United States 

• [Freedom of Expression and Censorship] YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, et al. v. YU PRIDE ALLIANCE, et al. on application for stay (No. 22A184)    

Federal Court

• Ibrahim v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 1299

Senate of Canada 

• [CHPC] Government Response to the First Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  

House of Commons  

• Committee Report: Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics [ETHI]: Collection and Use of Mobility Data by the government of Canada and Related issues 

Officer of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 

• Appearance before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) on Bill C-11, an Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (Online Streaming Act)

National Film Board

• NFB launches fourth edition of Jeunes pousses digital apprenticeship  
• In the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles for the 2022 Journées de la culture . Announcing Inside the NFB’s Creative Universe, the first-ever public event at the Îlot Balmoral headquarters. 

Google

• The Court’s decision to dismiss much of the Texas AG’s antitrust case 

Meta

• Introducing Community Chats: Connecting your Community in Real Time on Messenger and Facebook  

Twitter

• We’re making images on Twitter more accessible. Here’s how 
• How recommendations help you discover more on Twitter 

Instagram Business Blog 

• Get Paid in Chat 

Senate of Canada

Planned & Possible sitting days this week:The Senate sits from September 20 to September 22, 2022. Possible sitting days: September 23, 2022; September 26, 2022. 

• Bills on the agenda: 
  • Bill C-11 (Online Streaming Act) – At second reading in the Senate. 
  • S-242 (An Act to amend the Radiocommunication Act) – At second reading in the Senate

• SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SCIENCES, AND TECHNOLOGY
  • September 21, 2022, 4 PM ET: The Role of Gender-based Analysis Plus in the Policy Process 
  • TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS 
    • September 20, 2022, 9AM ET: The subject matter of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts
    •  September 21, 2022, 6:45 PM ET: The subject matter of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts 

Canadian House of Commons

Planned & Possible sitting days this week: Tuesday September 20-Friday September 23, 2022; Monday September 26, 2022.

• [CHPC] September 20, 2022, 11:05 AM EDT: Impact of the Status of the Artist Act on the Working Conditions of Artists 
• [ETHI] September 21, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT: Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology  

United States Congress 

• Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting (September 22, 2022, 9PM EDT: Business meeting to consider S.673, to provide a temporary safe harbor for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the terms on which content may be distributed. 

CRTC 

Open Proceedings

• CRTC Open Broadcasting Proceedings 
• CRTC Open Telecom Proceedings 

Public Consultations: 

• CBC/Radio-Canada engaging with Indigenous communities across Canada about better reflecting Indigenous cultures (April 26 – September 27, 2022)
• CRTC: Share your ideas and comments about telecommunications services in the Far North (June 8, 2022 – October 6, 2022)
• Consultation on a Policy and Licensing Framework for Spectrum in the 26, 28 and 38 GHz Bands (June 6, 2022 – October 7, 2022) 
• https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/2022-248.htm

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