Facebook to Canada: Don’t Repeat Australia’s Link Tax Mistake Drew Wilson | February 1, 2021 Canada has been growing increasingly anti-technology as of late. That has worried Facebook who called on Canada to not repeat Australia’s link tax mistake.
Facebook Faces Even More Accusations of Pro-Conservative Bias Drew Wilson | October 27, 2020 Facebook is once again facing controversy over pro-conservative bias. The controversy stems from alleged changes to how news feeds operate.
Facebook Threatens to Remove News Feed In Australia if Link Tax Becomes Law Drew Wilson | September 2, 2020 Australia is getting closer to making the link tax the law of the land. In response, Facebook says it wil delete the news feed for Australian users.
French Link Tax Decision Sparks Media Interest In Canada Drew Wilson | April 18, 2020 Reverberations from the French decision to compel Google to provide snippets on their news service and pay for it is generating media interest in Canada.
French Regulators Compel Google to Post News Snippets in Link Tax Battle Drew Wilson | April 16, 2020 The battle over the European Link Tax is reaching bizarre levels. Regulators said that Google must use snippets in their news service.
COVID-19 Pandemic – Where Would We Be Without the Internet? Drew Wilson | April 15, 2020 A long standing theme from the media has been how terrible the Internet is. With COVID-19, it seems that the media’s reaction is changing.
Freezenet’s Official Podcast: March 2020: Flattening the Accountability Drew Wilson | April 8, 2020 In the 17th episode of the Freezenet official podcast, “Flattening to the Accountability”, we take a look at the news and reviews we covered for March.
Slyck.com Goes Down for Unknown Reasons, Joins ZeroPaid.com Being Offline Drew Wilson | April 6, 2020 File-sharing news website Slyck.com is officially down. We first noticed the downtime yesterday afternoon and, checking today, the site is still down.
Broadcast Panel Chair: If TV Broadcasters Are Licensed, So Can Internet Sites Drew Wilson | February 27, 2020 The push to regulate speech is continuing with a Broadcast Panel chairperson arguing that if TV broadcasters are licensed, so can Internet news services.
CBC Doubles Down, Calls for “Trusted” News Sources and Regulating The Rest Drew Wilson | February 19, 2020 The lobbying effort to regulate free speech is continuing in Canada. The CBC is apparently calling for regulating news sources not deemed “trusted”.
