Weekly Newsletter for April 12, 2023

Posted on April 26, 2023

Weekly News (April 12, 2023)

Compiled by Brad McNeil, Kyle Wyndham-West, and Beatrice Sunderland, with Sara Bannerman and Fenwick McKelvey

McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

(April 04 – April 11, 2023)

Canadian News

[BROADCAST REGULATION] As content creators await the passing of Bill C-11, some say it’s still too ambiguous (The Globe and Mail)
[BROADCAST REGULATION] OPINION: Geist: The Senate should stick to its guns on Bill C-11 (The Globe and Mail)
[ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE] Federal privacy watchdog probing OpenAI, ChatGPT following complaint (The CBC)
[BROADCAST REGULATION] LGBTQ group asks CRTC to ban Fox News Channel over anti-trans comments (The Calgary Herald)
[COPYRIGHT] Giving Canadians the ‘right to repair’ empowers consumers, supports competition and benefits the environment (The Conversation)
[BROADCAST REGULATION] OPINION: Bourcheix-Laporte How the Online Streaming Act will support Canadian content (The Conversation)
[TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT] Experts urge CRTC to take action forcing companies to provide cell service on TTC (The Globe and Mail)
[PLATFORM REGULATION] Conservatives ask Twitter to label CBC accounts as ‘government-funded’ media (The Toronto Star)
[ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE] OPINION: Editorial team: The robots are coming. Is Ottawa ready? (The Globe and Mail)
[MISINFORMATION/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE] ChatGPT is generating fake news stories — attributed to real journalists. I set out to separate fact from fiction (The Toronto Star)
[TELECOMMUNICATIONS] What the recent ban on spectrum sales by the Canadian government means for the telecom industry (The Globe and Mail)
[TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY] Quebecor will move ‘quickly’ to bring down wireless prices for Freedom Mobile customers, CEO says (The Globe and Mail)
[TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY] OPINION: Milstead There’s no way to track the last of the Shaw mystery millions (The Globe and Mail)

International News

[PLATFORM REGULATION/PRIVACY] House GOP Subpoenas FTC for Twitter Investigation Documents (The Wall Street Journal)
[PRIVACY] Biden abortion rule seeks to protect women crossing state lines (Reuters)
[ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE] With the growth of AI, the Biden administration explores an auditing system (The Wall Street Journal)
[PLATFORM REGULATION] A Plan to Ban TikTok in Montana Is a Preview for the Rest of the Country (The New York Times)
[TELECOMMUNICATION] U.S. House to vote on bill to address potential Huawei, ZTE threats (Reuters)
[ANTITRUST] Google antitrust cases at a crossroads as giant seeks early knockout (The Washington Post)
[PLATFORM REGULATION] South Korea Fines Google $32 Million for Squeezing Out Local Rival (The Wall Street Journal)
[BIG DATA/SMART CITIES] Big data help planners reimagine cities as new work patterns emerge (The Globe and Mail)
[PLATFORM REGULATION] Which countries have banned TikTok and why? (EuroNews)
[PLATFORM REGULATION] Why Countries Are Trying to Ban TikTok (The New York Times)
[PLATFORM REGULATION] ChatGPT can resume in Italy if meets data watchdog’s demands (Reuters)
[DEFAMATION] Rupert Murdoch can be compelled to testify in Fox defamation trial (The Financial Post)
[PRIVACY] OPINION: Levitt & Carey Howard Levitt: Why you shouldn’t expect privacy on your workplace devices (The Financial Post)
[FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION] Australia urges U.S. to drop espionage case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (The Globe and Mail)

(April 04 – April 11 2023)

CRTC

Bram Abramson to the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Wireless Internet Providers
RCMP’s National Cybercrime Coordination Centre announces Canada’s participation in global day of action against Genesis Market | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp-grc.gc.ca)
Telecom Order
- Telecom order 2023-102 [2023-04-06 11:00:00] Streamlined order – The Commission approves on an interim basis the following tariff application: Northwestel Inc., TN 1179

Global Affairs Canada

Minister Ng leads Canada Clean Tech Trade Mission to Chile

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Canada and Switzerland to make announcement on science, technology and innovation cooperation

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Microsoft

Standing up for democratic values and protecting stability of cyberspace: Principles to limit the threats posed by cyber mercenaries

Twitter

A new era of transparency for Twitter

Supreme Court of Canada

Scheduled Hearing:
- April 17, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.: Attorney General for Ontario v. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, et al. (Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave) 40078

Senate of Canada

Planned and Possible Sitting Days: The Senate will not sit this week. The next planned sitting day is April 18, 2023.

House of Commons

Planned and Possible Sitting Days: The House of Commons will not sit this week. The next planned sitting date is April 17, 2023.

CRTC

Anticipated releases for the week of 10 to 14 April 2023: The CRTC is not planning on issuing any decisions, regulatory policies and reports in the week of 10 to 14 April 2023. This is subject to change without notice.

Upcoming Hearing:
April 17, 2023 – Whitehorse, Yukon: Call for comments – Telecommunications in the Far North, Phase II – Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2022-147, 2022-147-1, 2022-147-2 View hearing documents (2022-147)

Open Proceedings

Public Consultations:

CRTC
- Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2023-39 – Call for comments – Development of a regulatory framework to improve network reliability and resiliency – Mandatory notification and reporting about major telecommunications service outages
- Share your comments on the review of the Broadband fund (start date March 23, 2023 to July 21, 2023)

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