Social

22 June 2021

CanCon Comes to Social Media: Did the Canadian Government Just Make a Colossal Mistake?

Today, the Government of Canada amended the Broadcasting Act to account for the rise in Internet video and digital media, with a special focus on streaming services like Netflix. Referred to as Bill C-10, this revision seeks to compel streaming platforms to follow the same regulatory obligations as cable TV providers.

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Social

8 April 2021

The Decentralists – Hot Topix: Facebook Loses Face…Again

Should we keep trusting Facebook with our personal information or are we—to paraphrase 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, “dumb f*cks” for placing faith in the social network

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Social

4 March 2021

The Decentralists – Hot Topix: Facebook Falling Down Under

Daniel Bernhard, from Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, joins us as we talk about an epic battle down under. The Australian government has taken on the role of David in an…

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Social

8 December 2020

You’ve Got Hate Mail

We got our first hate mail message at Peer Social this week. Frankly, I’m surprised it has taken this long. I would have thought we would get some hate mail…

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Social

24 November 2020

Free Speech Platform ‘Parler’ Makes Waves Post-Election

During the 2020 presidential election, the first half of the race reflected the majority of votes in President Donald Trump’s favour. However, his rival, Joe Biden, was still ahead with…

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Technology

12 November 2020

The Decentralists – Hot Topix: Seeing Red or Feeling Blue?

The US General Election has just ended (kinda), and we are chomping at the bit to talk about it.

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