Newsletter: May 19, 2020

Weekly News (May 19, 2020)
Compiled by Fizza Kulvi with Sara Bannerman McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory 

(May 12 – May 18, 2020)

Canadian News

• [PRIVACY] CRTC rejects call for oversight of contact-tracing apps (Globe and Mail)
• [PRIVACY/SURVEILLANCE] Ottawa ready to help co-ordinate provincial testing, contact tracing: Trudeau (National Post)
• [PRIVACY] CSIS says proposed federal privacy reforms could hinder spy operations (Globe and Mail)
• [MEDIA OWNERSHIP] OPINION: Geist: How to pay for the future of journalism (National Post
• [PLATFORM REGULATION] OPINION: Anderson: After the pandemic, Google, Facebook and Netflix need regulation more than ever (The Star)
• [SMART CITIES] Homegrown tech innovators ready to jump in at Quayside after Sidewalk Labs’ exit (The Star)
• [SMART CITIES] OPINION: Agrell: We never needed Sidewalk Labs for true innovation (The Star)
• [PRIVACY/CYBERSECURITY] Hackers are using fake COVID-19 health websites to steal your personal information, police warn (The Star)

International News

• [SURVEILLANCE] Senate Approves Surveillance Bill With Sharper Privacy Safeguards (NYT
• [PLATFORM GOVERNANCE] Facebook to pay $52m for failing to protect moderators from ‘horrors’ of graphic content (Guardian
• [TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY] Trump extends U.S. telecom supply chain order aimed at Huawei, ZTE (Reuters)
• [DATA PROTECTION] The Technology 202: Democrats introduce bill to protect data collected in coronavirus pandemic (Washington Post)
• [PRIVACY] TikTok Broke Privacy Promises, Children’s Groups Say (NYT
• [PRIVACY] Apple and Google are building a virus-tracking system. Health officials say it will be practically useless. (Washington Post)
• [PRIVACY] Apple, Google Start to Win Over Europe to Their Virus-Tracking Technology (WSJ
• [COPYRIGHT] Google Hides News, Tricked by Fake Claims (WSJ
• [PRIVACY] Don’t Stand So Close to Me: AI Cameras Police Social Distancing at Work (WSJ
• [CYBERSECURITY] The Cybersecurity 202: Commission that pushed a cybersecurity overhaul hopes coronavirus boosts the effort (Washington Post)

(May 12 – May 18, 2020)

Senate of Canada

• Senate recalled in anticipation of COVID-19 legislation

National Film Board

• Virtual Experience brings historic Parliament building to life through innovative technologies. A coproduction by the Library of Parliament and the National Film Board of Canada.

Microsoft

• Staying safe and smart in the internet-of-things era

Facebook

• Community Standards Enforcement Report, May 2020 Edition
• An Update on Combating Hate and Dangerous Organizations
• Our Continuing Commitment to Transparency
• An Update on Facebook’s Human Rights Work in Asia and Around the World
• Facebook Welcomes GIPHY as Part of Instagram Team

Amazon

• Response to House Judiciary Committee letter on seller data

CRTC

News Releases:

• Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-153

  [2020-05-15 11:00AM]
  DENIED – Rogers Media Inc. – Toronto, Ontario – Application to change the authorized contours of the English-language commercial radio station CKIS-FM Toronto

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