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

The Communications Governance Discussion Group meets every few weeks by Zoom.  Email organizer Derek Hrynyshyn <derekh@yorku.ca> for details.

(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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