The EU accuses Meta and TikTok of violating their obligations to give researchers adequate access to public data on their platforms under the DSA
But muh freeze peach!! Maria Farrell / @mariafarrell : Contra the US Big Tech narrative that the DSA “is censorship”, — a key EU finding is that both TikTok and Meta/Facebook have non-existant or dy...
Ten major banks including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and UBS announce an early-stage project to explore issuing stablecoins pegged to G7 currencies
- Group includes US, UK, Swiss, Japanese, Canadian lenders — Banks seeking to find their way as stablecoin demand grows
A joint investigation by Canadian privacy authorities finds TikTok collected sensitive personal data from hundreds of thousands of Canadian children under 13
Social media platform removing 500,000 Canadian kids from its platform each year — The immensely popular social media app TikTok …
Canada rescinds the Digital Services Tax targeting US companies, set to go into effect on June 30, “in anticipation of” a US trade deal, as trade talks resume
It's using trade to forcing governments into policies that would never pass their national legislatures. Julie S. Lalonde / @julieslalonde : The fact that we had to spend the last week looking at foot...
Canada rescinds its Digital Services Tax “in anticipation of” a trade deal with the US, with trade talks resuming; the tax was set to go into effect on Monday
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. Source: Government of Canada .
Canada orders Chinese video surveillance tech provider Hikvision to cease all operations and close its business in the country over national security concerns
Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly says that the government has ordered Hikvision Canada to cease all operations in the country …
Canadian crypto companies are encountering regulatory challenges in introducing a local stablecoin, as the US advances stablecoin legislation
Monique Mulima / Bloomberg :
After Meta blocked news on its platforms in Canada, misleading content from right-wing pages like Canada Proud filled the gap ahead of the federal election
Either way, the Liberals' refusal to stand up to Meta in a way that actually solves this massive problem is deeply frustrating. Mary Gillis / @marygillis : The Liberals have ensured that there's no re...
Docs: Canadian telecom Bell is lobbying to block subsidies for Starlink, as anti-US sentiment and Elon Musk's Trump ties put his businesses under more scrutiny
Ilya Gridneff / Financial Times :
Ontario Premier Doug Ford pauses retaliatory measures like “ripping up” the province's CA$100M Starlink contract, after Donald Trump delays US tariffs on Canada
#CanPoli #ONpoli — https://www.cbc.ca/... X: Justin Trudeau / @justintrudeau : I just had a good call with President Trump. [...] Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work ...