Kit Knightly On Friday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission published new guidelines requiring media outlets to register with the service so their content can be “regulated”. Under the new regulations all streaming services, social media companies and platforms that host podcasts would be [emphasis added]: required to provide the CRTC with information related to …
Spiked's Andrew Tettenborn raises concerns about Ofcom's overreach in regulating media content, and why powers given to it by the Online Safety Bill should worry us all.
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What my conversations with Dr. Peter Hotez and Democratic Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. reveal about their character and goals. On Saturday September 23rd, I attended the Texas Tribune’s annual Tribune Fest in Austin, Texas to report on the various panels and interview participants. In the span of one afternoon I interviewed Dr. Peter Read More...
Todd Hayen A federal law was recently passed in Canada called the Online News Act, or Bill C-18. Basically, this bill stops major online giants such as Google or Facebook (Meta) from posting news articles or links from any source deemed a “news outlet.” For example, when I post a link to an article I’ve …
The rise of 'smart' technology that responds, not to the user but to external commands poses a serious threat to freedom, says Dr R P. However, since all technology is 'hackable', there is hope.
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In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Caroline Dinenage's power grab, Rishi becoming a proper Conservative and Justin Trudeau's confusion about Nazis.
In a brief clip of him speaking in Utica, MI, Tucker Carlson expresses his deep concern over widespread acceptance of dishonesty in public life, lamenting, “what’s true? The true things are the things that you can’t say.” The former Fox News man rages at the lack of penalties for public figures who lie or display incompetence; […]
An academic who has criticised the teaching of “white privilege” in schools has been no-platformed from an education conference over claims she would make other speakers feel “unsafe”.
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