Big Tech

As community newspapers disappear and mainstream media struggles, most people are getting their local news from Facebook—and that’s a problem.

Netflix’s new partnerships with Indigenous screen organizations are to be applauded, but actually producing and showing Indigenous films to its Canadian subscribers would be more beneficial than supporting more training and skills development.

Google’s Sidewalk Labs’ proposal to develop a “smart city” on Toronto’s waterfront is more than a local issue about data protection: it represents Big Tech’s ambitious plan to monetize the public sphere, and we should all be worried.

FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting and The Yes Men are behind the satirical video which purports to show a Facebook executive thanking Canada for subsidies and special treatment.

A recent Nanos Research poll found that Canadians want platform monopolies like Facebook to be regulated and held accountable for their content. And yet nobody in Ottawa is pledging to do anything about it — even with an election coming up.

Glenn O’Farrell looks at the impact of public service media and their role in the transformation of society.