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Digital Divide & Internet Policy
We need more public ownership in Canada’s telecom sector
Last Friday’s Rogers’ network outage should be a warning to us all: it’s time to change how we do telecommunications in this country.
Canada needs a Digital New Deal
We find ourselves in at a point where we have the opportunity to push transformative policy change.
Weaponizing fact-checking: What Canada needs to know
A strong fact-checking industry can stop the normalization of lying and advocate for policy changes. But the weaponization of fact-checking can cause irreversible harm.
Why can’t we know more about what political parties know about us?
As it stands right now, political parties in Canada face little oversight or transparency requirements for the data they collect and create about Canadian citizens.
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”
Media concentration in [the U.S. and Brazil] has reached phenomenal levels, and it is compounded by the massive spread of pernicious fake news.
We need stronger anti-monopoly laws if we want to curb corporate influence in the news
Canada is no stranger to dynastic ownership of its media companies
When it mattered most
How Canada’s decades-old digital divide left communities disconnected during COVID-19
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