By elyse hill on December 18, 2018 | Tagged with Canada, disconnection, In the News, internet access
Though many perceive the ability to be online as a basic necessity, several rural communities across Canada still find themselves without access to high-speed connection. Many of these disconnected areas are Indigenous communities that already experience a disproportionate lack of vital resources, such as the absence of clean water or all-weather roads in the Shoal […]
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By Jason Cheung on December 11, 2018 | Tagged with Copyright, Government Control, In the News, ISP, surveillance, tax
A proposal by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (SCGC) to The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, released on September 25, 2018, aims to introduce a ‘copyright tax’ on Internet use, according to the documents released by TorrentFreak [1] In the report [2], the SCGC proposed a tax collected by internet service providers “that is […]
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By victoria mcauley on December 10, 2018 | Tagged with book review, online sharing, Review, shareveillance, surveillance
Shareveillance: The Dangers of Openly Sharing and Covertly Collecting Data Clare Birchall (2017) Digital Tattoo Rating: 2/5 Summary What does it mean to share in the Digital Age? In her book Shareveillance: The Dangers of Openly Sharing and Covertly Collecting Data, Clare Birchall investigates the intricacies of digital sharing on personal and state levels, and […]
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By Henry St. Clair on December 6, 2018 | Tagged with connection, disconnection, guest blog, smartphone addiction
Until very recently, connection was always framed in terms of individual choice. If people found issue with being connected, perpetually distracted, or dulled to their immediate surroundings by their devices, it was the users themselves, and their lack of self-control that was to blame. Any solution or “escape” was to be found in the individual’s […]
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By Monique Rodrigues on December 4, 2018 | Tagged with Amazon Echo, catfishing, content moderation, dating online, Digital identity, Digital Identity Digest, facebook, false identity, Internet of Things, IoT, law enforcement, Mark Zuckerberg, privacy, smart speakers, Tinder, transparency
Have you ever lied on a dating app? Online dating apps are very popular, but they can have some pitfalls. Irina Manta, a law professor at New York’s Hofstra University and founder of its Center for Intellectual Property Law, wrote to the Washington Post that obtaining sex through fraud on dating apps should be legally […]
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