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Facebook warns of massive security breach, affecting 50M accounts

Almost 50 million Facebook user accounts have been affected after hackers tried to exploit a vulnerability in a Facebook Inc. website feature, the social media giant announced Friday.

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CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern Ontario

The CRTC has opened up a comment period after it received applications from Vista Radio Ltd. for two new commercial radio stations in North Bay and Timmins, Ont.

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Small ISPs ‘optimistic’ about CRTC broadband fund

A CRTC decision outlining how its $750 million fund for rural broadband will be administered “looks quite encouraging,” according to the president of the Canadian Network Operators’ Consortium (CNOC).

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ITPA asks CRTC to reconsider ending voice subsidy

The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) has filed a review-and-vary application with the CRTC, asking the regulator to bring back its landline subsidy.

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Netflix expects to ‘exceed’ planned investment in Canadian content

Netflix Inc. says it’s “on track to exceed” its $500 million pledge to invest in Canadian content, a company official wrote in a blog post Friday.

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CRTC rural broadband fund speed targets draw criticism

The CRTC revealed Thursday the details of the $750 million rural broadband fund that’s been in the works for nearly two years, prompting criticism from some groups concerned about what they say are low speed criteria.

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OPC to seek court reference on search engine delisting


OTTAWA — Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he plans to ask the Federal Court for a reference on whether the private sector’s privacy law applies to search engine de-indexing.

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Big telecoms ask MPs for beefed up anti-piracy measures

Some of the battles taking place before the CRTC related to site-blocking are now playing out on Parliament Hill, as big telecoms ask MPs studying the Copyright Act to strengthen anti-piracy measures to respond to a new wave of commercial piracy.

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Telecom execs praise ‘healthier,’ ‘balanced’ regulatory environment

Representatives from BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. described a favourable relationship with regulators at a CIBC investors conference Wednesday, where they also addressed competition between the largest telecoms.

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Quebecor calls on provincial parties to support film tax credit

Quebecor Inc. is urging Quebec political parties to pledge that they’ll keep a provincial film and TV tax credit and support the province’s film industry, the company said in a press release Wednesday.

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