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Twitter registers social media education on lobby files
Media | 04/15/2019 4:05 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. has added a timely subject matter to its lobby files: educating federal officials on social media use during elections. The social media company updated its files last week to include “working with government agencies to help them understand how to use social media during elections.” The update is dated one day after the government released a new look on the status of cyber threats to the October election, finding that it is now “very likely” there would be interference when Canadians vote. But Monday’s announcement uncovered a substory, when Democratic...
Interference related to 2019 election ‘very likely’: CSE
Media | 04/08/2019 10:01 am EDT
OTTAWA — It is now “very likely” that Canadians will face some form of cyber foreign interference, but it is “improbable” it will be on the scale of the 2016 United...
Facebook forms team for advice on ad registry
Media | 03/18/2019 2:39 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. will solicit the advice of an advisory group as part of its effort to ensure its ad registry captures key issues leading to the 2019 federal election. The group of five will include former NDP deputy leader Megan...
Google won’t run political ads in 2019 election
Media | 03/05/2019 4:01 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s search giant Google plans to ban political advertising from its platforms during the next federal election campaign in Canada, following the introduction of tougher political advertising transparency rules by...
Facebook ‘not aware’ of Canadian applicants for data research program
Media | 03/01/2019 1:41 pm EST
Despite heightened interest in the impact of social media on Canadian elections, Facebook Inc. said it has not heard of any Canadian institutions that have applied to view the social media giant’s...
Gov’t trending toward requiring online platforms to remove content: Gould
Media | 02/27/2019 10:32 am EST
OTTAWA -- Democratic institutions minister Karina Gould said the government...
‘Long slog’ to get ad registry ready for election, Facebook says
Media | 02/25/2019 5:59 pm EST
OTTAWA — Facebook Inc.’s head of public policy in Canada said the federal government hasn’t fully owned how “significant” an undertaking it is to require social...
Online discoverability a challenge for books, magazines, BTLR hears
Media | 02/25/2019 2:31 pm EST
Organizations representing Canadian publishers are flagging the difficulty...
YouTube top source of mobile traffic: Sandvine
Media | 02/18/2019 10:12 am EST
Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube makes up just over 35 per cent of worldwide mobile data traffic, making it the...
Don’t exclude online services from Broadcasting Act: Private radio
Media | 02/04/2019 12:00 pm EST
Canada’s private radio broadcasters are fighting against a push to keep...
Be ‘wary’ of regulating online speech: Facebook
Media | 01/22/2019 5:57 pm EST
While online misinformation needs to be taken seriously, that doesn’t...
Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rules
telecom | 01/16/2019 5:55 pm EST
Some of Canada’s biggest telecom companies rejected calls to force ISPs...
CBC calls for site-blocking provisions for ‘manipulated content’
Media | 01/11/2019 4:09 pm EST
CBC/Radio-Canada wants the federal government to grant the CRTC the ability...
MPs onside with alcohol ad standards
telecom | 12/13/2018 11:57 am EST
An industry group has created a code of conduct governing the content and application of beer...
Ethics committee calls for new social media rules
Media | 12/11/2018 7:27 pm EST
OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee is unanimously calling for new rules for social media companies...
Election 2019 still ripe for opinion-shaping, CSE says
Media | 12/06/2018 3:46 pm EST
OTTAWA — Efforts to stanch online misinformation campaigns will not eliminate the very real situation that may see Canadians fall victim to attempts to influence their political opinions, the Canadian Security Establishment said in its cyber threat assessment Thursday. “Although major web platforms are making efforts to curb the negative effects of manipulative information sharing, the opinions of Canadians will remain an attractive target for cyber threat actors seeking to influence Canada’s democratic processes,” the CSE said Thursday. That view came from a national cyber...
OPC to Bains: privacy rights not ‘at odds’ with innovation
telecom | 12/05/2018 2:01 pm EST
The federal privacy watchdog is warning the Liberal government against...
Political parties ‘bumbling rubes’ on data: CPC campaign chair
Media | 11/20/2018 4:58 pm EST
OTTAWA — The head of the Conservative Party’s 2019 national election...
Facebook to cooperate with French regulators on pilot project
Media | 11/13/2018 4:26 pm EST
The French government will work with Facebook Inc. on a new initiative to...
Zuckerberg declines joint Canada-UK committee appearance
Media | 11/07/2018 1:50 pm EST
Facebook Inc.’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declined a joint-request by...
MPs call on Zuckerberg to testify to international committee on ‘fake news’
Media | 10/31/2018 7:45 pm EDT
MPs in Canada and the United Kingdom have stepped up their efforts to get the chance to grill Facebook Inc.’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a parliamentary committee hearing. The chairs of two parliamentary committees from both countries jointly called on Zuckerberg Tuesday to appear before an ‘international grand committee’ on disinformation and ‘fake news’ in the UK next month – which the pair say will be the first of its kind. The two chairs issued an open letter to Zuckerberg...
OPC asks for more flexibility on info sharing with CRTC
telecom | 10/16/2018 4:38 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada’s federal privacy watchdog asked a Senate committee...
Canada waiting on other countries for new digital tax rules: Morneau
Media | 10/12/2018 5:23 pm EDT
Canada has been “pushing hard” to speed up development of a plan for...
New NAFTA allows Super Bowl simsub ahead of SCC review
Media | 10/01/2018 7:18 pm EDT
The new trade pact forged by Canada, the U.S. and Mexico to replace the...
Facebook warns of massive security breach, affecting 50M accounts
telecom | 09/28/2018 5:10 pm EDT
Almost 50 million Facebook user accounts have been affected after hackers...
Canadian privacy watchdogs urge privacy laws for political parties
Media | 09/17/2018 2:01 pm EDT
Canada's federal, provincial and territorial privacy watchdogs collectively...
Class action filed against Facebook over Android metadata collection
Media | 09/17/2018 12:35 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is facing another class action suit in Ontario over how it...
Facebook to fact-check photos, videos
Media | 09/17/2018 11:11 am EDT
Facebook Inc. is adding verification of photos and videos to its fact-checking of content on its social...
New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up Parliament
Media | 09/14/2018 5:16 pm EDT
As politicians file back into Parliament Hill’s Centre Block for the...
EU copyright directive passes
Media | 09/12/2018 2:24 pm EDT
The European Parliament passed its copyright directive Wednesday, with some amendments to the controversial articles 11 and 13.
The directive includes measures proposing that internet platforms, like Facebook Inc. or Alphabet Inc.’s Google, pay news companies to link to their content, as well as copyright protections that would see the implementation of systems to detect and block copyrighted material before it appears online.
In a press release Wednesday, the legislative body said it included some amendments in...
Facebook sues BlackBerry for voice, security tech
telecom | 09/05/2018 5:38 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. filed a suit against BlackBerry Ltd. Tuesday accusing the device-maker of allegedly infringing on six of its patents, including voice messaging technology and security components, following BlackBerry’s suit...
Facebook makes Watch video service available world-wide
Media | 08/30/2018 4:33 pm EDT
In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook Inc. announced the global launch of...
Social media threats challenge gov’t, platforms ahead of election
Media | 08/30/2018 3:12 pm EDT
In the three years since the last Canadian federal election, emerging...
NDP to lobby government on foreign digital sales, ad taxes
Media | 08/29/2018 6:10 pm EDT
The federal NDP said it will enter the new parliamentary session with a focus on pressuring the government to right wrongs they say have been committed by allowing foreign internet companies to skirt...
Senate committee calls for study of online ad tax deductibility
Media | 08/21/2018 4:10 pm EDT
The Senate transport and communications committee said Tuesday the government should hold a full study into the issue of taxing advertising on foreign online platforms.
“Witnesses representing various segments of Canada’s media industry told the committee that...
72% of anglophone Canadians on social media: MTM
Media | 08/10/2018 12:36 pm EDT
According to a recent report from the CBC/Radio-Canada Media Technology Monitor (MTM) project, 72 per cent of English-speaking Canadians have used a social networking service in the past month, with just over half of those using...
TV dominates OTT in viewership: industry group
Media | 07/25/2018 5:12 pm EDT
Despite the impact over-the-top (OTT) streaming services have had on the television market for sometime in Canada, a new report by Think TV suggests that linear is still dominating those services. The report said that,...
New Zealand company violated privacy of millions of Canadians: OPC
telecom | 07/19/2018 4:33 pm EDT
A company that copied and reused information posted on Facebook Inc.’s social media site violated the privacy of “potentially some” 4.5 million Canadians, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner...
Numeris’ new digital measurement a ‘necessary step’: expert
Media | 07/16/2018 5:07 pm EDT
Broadcasters with multiplatform properties are expected to benefit from a...
Facebook facing £500,000 fine in privacy scandal
telecom | 07/11/2018 6:17 pm EDT
After the British Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found that Facebook Inc. had “security...
Twitter lobbying on online ads in wake of proposed elections bill
Media | 07/09/2018 1:17 pm EDT
Twitter Inc. wants to make sure the government understands how online...
Cogeco hires lobbyist with wireless spectrum expertise
telecom | 07/03/2018 11:54 am EDT
Amir Bigloo, who has a history of successful spectrum purchases as CEO of...
Facebook to fact-check Canadian news posts
Media | 06/27/2018 3:46 pm EDT
Facebook Inc.’s social media service will list lower on the newsfeed news items — and notify...
Balsillie’s Centre for Digital Rights meets with OPC
telecom | 06/21/2018 4:00 pm EDT
A newly-minted data rights group spearheaded by former BlackBerry Ltd. co-CEO Jim Balsillie met with privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien in late May, according to the federal lobbying registry. The Centre for Digital Rights asked to meet with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, where the two discussed the group’s goals and its views on data privacy issues, OPC spokeswoman Tobi Cohen said in an email. “We shared perspectives on a number of privacy issues as this new group wishes to actively promote privacy rights,” Cohen said, adding the OPC regularly meets with a range of...
Private member’s bill aims to give privacy commish more powers
telecom | 06/21/2018 2:11 pm EDT
OTTAWA — As the House of Commons rose for summer break Wednesday...
Petition calls for empowered agency to compel deletion of false ads
telecom | 06/20/2018 6:10 pm EDT
Thousands of Canadians have signed separate petitions created by Democracy Watch, with one calling for a strengthening of the elections law body that could compel media sites to remove false ads....
EU committee approves internet filtering copyright directive
Media | 06/20/2018 4:43 pm EDT
A European Union committee has approved a controversial copyright directive that critics say could interfere with the sharing of online content. At issue are two articles under the directive. The...
Gov’t launches consultation on data, privacy
telecom | 06/19/2018 6:56 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The federal government said Tuesday it will hold consultations to look at the issue of data...
Ethics committee wants political parties to come under privacy legislation
Media | 06/19/2018 1:20 pm EDT
Following nine public meetings that began in March, the House committee studying Facebook Inc. and its data woes is recommending the government bring political parties under...
Balance needed for open data, privacy for smart cities: panelist
telecom | 06/15/2018 10:49 am EDT
TORONTO — Smart cities will require a proper framework that respects both...
Media sector, senator back change to ad tax exemption
Media | 06/06/2018 3:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A proposal to eliminate a tax exemption for advertising on foreign digital media received...
Apple takes aim at targeted ads with browser privacy features
Media | 06/04/2018 5:07 pm EDT
During its Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday, Apple Inc....
There’s space for ‘positive’ political targeting, Wylie tells MPs
Media | 05/30/2018 1:43 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Whistleblower and data scientist Christopher Wylie testified at...
Fate of online sting operations hanging in Supreme Court case
telecom | 05/29/2018 12:24 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will have to weigh the impact its...
Balsillie-led Centre for Digital Rights registers to lobby
Media | 05/25/2018 12:33 pm EDT
A new organization called the Centre for Digital Rights (CDR) that is...
Data collection, consent guidelines published by the OPC
Media | 05/24/2018 5:29 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has unveiled a set...
MPs hear about ‘surveillance capitalism,’ Google data use
Media | 05/11/2018 11:32 am EDT
OTTAWA — Two sides of the data-use debate squared off at the House ethics...
Privacy commish flags ‘flaw’ in new elections bill
Media | 05/01/2018 2:42 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Proposed legislation that will require federal political parties to have and make public privacy policies covering the collection and use of electoral information is a “small” step in the right direction, but a lack of enforcement is a major concern in the...
Don’t allow social media data use by political parties: professor
Media | 04/27/2018 4:11 pm EDT
OTTAWA — There is no reason for political parties to be using social...
Senate committee to look into issue of tax on foreign ads
Media | 04/24/2018 5:58 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The chairman of the Senate transport and communications...
AggregateIQ denies whistleblower claims to ethics committee
telecom | 04/24/2018 5:39 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The heads of West Coast-based software developer AggregateIQ...
Changes coming to Facebook advertising programs: eMarketer
Media | 04/23/2018 8:36 pm EDT
Advertisers on Facebook Inc. should expect changes — like less reliance on third-party data and better consent tools — to the platform after the privacy breach revelations this spring, says...
Facebook to register to lobby
Media | 04/23/2018 5:08 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. will add itself to the federal lobbyist registry, the company said after its head of public policy, Kevin Chan, was criticized for not registering.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to the Lobby Monitor that the company will register “as soon as possible,” adding it will do so even though it doesn’t meet the threshold of activity to register, which requires 20 per cent of work activity to be spent on lobbying. The spokesperson also said the company has asked lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger for a...
Rogers email users mad about missing data mining opt-out
Media | 04/20/2018 5:18 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. customers spoke out on social media this week...
MPs unsatisfied with Facebook testimony, mull further regulations
Media | 04/19/2018 4:51 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Testimony from Facebook Inc. representatives at the House ethics...
MPs critical about Facebook contact ahead of committee appearance
Media | 04/18/2018 1:39 pm EDT
Facebook Inc.’s attempt to reach out to members of the Parliamentary...
Facebook data leak could affect Canadian elections: Therrien
Media | 04/17/2018 5:03 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner told the House of Commons ethics...
OPC joins B.C. privacy commish in investigation of West Coast data company
telecom | 04/06/2018 1:47 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) will participate in an investigation into the activities of AggregateIQ Data Services Ltd. according to a post on its website on Thursday....
Data of over 600K Canadians swept up in Facebook data scandal
Media | 04/04/2018 6:34 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. released its estimates of how many people were affected by...
Blackberry sues Snapchat for patent infringement
Media | 04/04/2018 3:17 pm EDT
Blackberry Ltd. is taking Snap Inc. to a Los Angeles court for allegedly infringing on its messaging...
Data breach notification rules coming Nov. 1
Media | 04/04/2018 1:41 pm EDT
The federal government has announced that mandatory breach notification rules found in the 2015 Digital Privacy Act will come into force Nov. 1 this year, according to an order-in-council dated March 26. As originally reported...
Facebook talks election security after tough week
Media | 03/29/2018 5:52 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. announced a series of new measures to harden the platform against misinformation Thursday, saying it has needed to ban a Macedonia-based ring spreading fake news during the late 2017 Alabama senate race, and will now start fact-checking photos and video, according to a transcript of a press event published by the social media company on Thursday. That followed earlier announcements about other changes the company is making that appeared to do little to dampen some Canadian parliamentarians’ plans to investigate recent controversies involving the platforms. “Rather than...
NDP targets net neutrality, data and privacy rights in new motion
telecom | 03/28/2018 7:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Members of the federal NDP introduced a sweeping motion...
Ontario private sector data law timely: MPPs
telecom | 03/23/2018 5:20 pm EDT
An Ontario lawmaker is pushing for consent-based privacy legislation focused on governing the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by the private sector. On Wednesday, the Personal Information Protection Act...
Questions remain about CSE public info use, Cambridge Analytica
Media | 03/23/2018 10:46 am EDT
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan couldn’t tell MPs or reporters...
OPC investigating Facebook as gov’t responds to privacy concerns
Media | 03/21/2018 6:20 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Revelations over the weekend that Facebook Inc. data was used...
OPC to look into Cambridge Analytica revelations
Media | 03/19/2018 6:06 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is looking into reports data of 50 million Facebook Inc. users was used without their permission by a company with connections to Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.
In an emailed statement Monday, the OPC said the office...
Treat Facebook as broadcaster in 2019 election: professor
Media | 03/14/2018 5:35 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Treating social media companies, such as Facebook Inc., as...
BlackBerry targets Facebook with patent infringement lawsuit
telecom | 03/06/2018 4:38 pm EST
Citing its early developments in timestamp interfaces, encryption...
Money for CanCon in budget stopgap measure: CMPA
Media | 03/01/2018 1:33 pm EST
The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, confirmed the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) will receive top ups...
Don’t allow white space devices above 608 MHz, ISED hears
telecom | 02/22/2018 5:59 pm EST
Innovation Canada (ISED) is hearing from both telecoms and broadcasters that it should go ahead with its proposal to limit white space devices to bands below 608 MHz, though for very different...
Ian Morrison steps down from watchdog Friends
Media | 02/12/2018 1:27 pm EST
Ian Morrison, the co-founder of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, is handing over the reins of the...
CRTC asks digital giants for info, promises confidentiality
Media | 02/05/2018 2:02 pm EST
As part of its government-ordered proceeding on future content distribution models, the CRTC is asking a number of companies — including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Netflix Inc. — for information...
Ad-supported VOD rising as OTT grips TV market
Media | 02/02/2018 6:54 pm EST
OTTAWA — More competition in the over-the-top (OTT) space is driving a trend of more ad-supported...
SOCAN expects higher annual revenues for 2017
Media | 01/31/2018 5:44 pm EST
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is estimating that it has broken...
CSIS document flags less-effective encryption as issue for IoT
telecom | 01/16/2018 5:31 pm EST
Canada’s security agency is aware of the push for stronger encryption by privacy groups and industry, but some technology, including the Internet of Things (IoT), might end up with less reliable forms of the security tool, a top secret government document found....
As its TV ad revenue drops, Corus says ad tech is the future
Media | 01/10/2018 6:05 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. executives emphasized their optimism about future...
Automated advertising set to grow in Canada: report
Media | 12/19/2017 3:22 pm EST
Canadian programmatic digital ad spending will account for two-thirds of display advertising by 2018, says a recent report from market research company eMarketer Inc. released on Tuesday. Programmatic ads are purchased and...
SCC text message ruling clarifies privacy in digital communications
telecom | 12/08/2017 10:32 am EST
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada said Friday that a sender of a text...
Quebec commits $36m for newspapers’ move to digital
Media | 12/05/2017 2:53 pm EST
In a release on Monday, the Quebec government announced $36.4 million over five years in new investments supporting the province’s print media moving to digital. Announcing the funding over a Facebook Inc. livestream, Quebec...
Facebook names new Canadian division head
Media | 11/22/2017 4:08 pm EST
Facebook Inc. has named Garrick Tiplady its new managing director of Facebook Canada and Instagram Canada.
The appointment is effective next month, according to an emailed statement from spokesman David Troya-Alvarez.
“Canada plays such an important role in...
Tech giants increasing grip on advertising in Canada: report
Media | 11/21/2017 3:57 pm EST
While the total amount of advertising money flowing to Canadian media has...
Fake news worries increasing ahead of 2019 election: PPF CEO
Media | 11/15/2017 7:16 pm EST
OTTAWA — Policy makers in Canada have become more concerned about the...
Facebook to test more transparent ads in Canada
Media | 10/30/2017 5:01 pm EDT
Canada will be the testbed for Facebook Inc.’s new advertising transparency policies, according to a...
Facebook outlines plans to tackle ‘election integrity’ in Canada
Media | 10/20/2017 5:08 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is teaming up with Ottawa-based digital literacy group,...
Facebook launching tool to help ID fake news
Media | 10/05/2017 4:11 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is testing a feature to provide context to the many news reports often shared through the...
Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: experts
Media | 09/28/2017 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage...
Facebook to hand over Russia ads to Congress
Media | 09/22/2017 2:25 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. will cooperate with the U.S. Congress on its investigation into Russian meddling in the...
Facebook use well ahead of other social networks: MTM
Media | 09/20/2017 4:18 pm EDT
Despite the abundance of social media platforms in existence, Facebook Inc.’s popularity among...
Facebook launches AI centre in Montreal
Media | 09/15/2017 2:13 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is opening an artificial intelligence (AI) centre in Montreal, the company announced Friday.
The lab will, by next year, house 20 researchers and “develop new ways of teaching machines the complex relationship between actions and results, known as...