Canada

Australia To ‘Charge’ Tech Firms For News Content, After Meta Ends Licensing Deal

News fee. Australia looks introduce mandatory charge on social media platforms and search engines to force them to pay local…

1 week ago

TikTok Files Challenge Against Canadian Shutdown Order

Notice filed in federal court to challenge Canadian government order to shutdown TikTok's Canada's operations

1 week ago

OpenAI Sued By Canadian News Publishers For Alleged Copyright Infringement

Group of news publishers in Canada become the latest group to sue OpenAI for allegedly using their new content to…

3 weeks ago

Canada Sues Google For Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct In Advertising

More legal trouble. Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google for alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising

3 weeks ago

Canada Orders Shutdown Of TikTok’s Canadian Business

Canada ordered China's TikTok business in the country to be dissolved over national security risks, but does not ban access…

1 month ago

Canada Imposes 100 Percent Tariffs On Chinese EVs

Consequence of unfair subsidies? Canada becomes latest Western market to impose tariffs on China-made electric vehicles

4 months ago

Google Begins Removal Of California News Ahead Of Proposed Law

Consequences of Assembly Bill 886. Google begins removing California news websites from some search results

8 months ago

Canada To Implement Digital Services Tax This Year

Introduction of digital services tax on tech firms will begin in 2024 Canadian government confirms, amid delay to global agreement

8 months ago

Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Publishers

Agreement with Canadian government will see Google pay local news publishers $73 million a year. Meta dispute however, continues

1 year ago

Canada Bans WeChat From Government Devices

Canada bans Chinese super-app WeChat from government devices, following similar move for TikTok in February

1 year ago

Canada Seeks To Address Facebook, Google Concern Over Online News Law

Canadian government outlines proposed regulations for Online News Act, which it says will address Alphabet and Meta concerns. Facebook not…

1 year ago

Canadian PM Trudeau Slams Facebook Amid Wildfire Crisis

Canada’s government continues to turn up the heat against Meta, with Prime Minister Trudeau calling news ban 'inconceivable'

1 year ago

Canada Demands End To Facebook News Ban Amidst Wildfires

Canada's government demands Meta lift news ban on Facebook, Instagram as tens of thousands evacuated in Northwest Territories

1 year ago

Meta Begins News Closure In Canada Over Publisher Payment Law

After repeated warnings, Meta begins process to end Facebook, Instagram news access in Canada, as government labels move 'irresponsible'

1 year ago

Canadian Government Halts Advertising On Facebook, Instagram

Federal government in Canada pulls its modest amount of advertising on Facebook, Instagram after Meta pulls news for Canadians

1 year ago

Google To Withdraw News In Canada After New Law

Search engine giant Google becomes second tech firm to block news on its platform in Canada, after new law passed

1 year ago

Meta To Pull News On Facebook, Instagram In Canada

As promised, Meta is to pull news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, after the Online News Act becomes…

1 year ago

Canada Bans TikTok From Government Devices

Canada government bans TikTok from all government devices, saying it presents 'unacceptible risk to privacy and security'

2 years ago

Canada Launches Latest TikTok Data Privacy Probe

Canada federal, provincial governments to probe whether TikTok complies with prvacy law after app banned on EU Commission, Council devices

2 years ago

Canada To Examine Network Resiliency In Rogers-Shaw Merger

Canada industry minister says government will take network resiliency into account in proposed Rogers-Shaw merger with Shaw following unprecedented outage

2 years ago

Canada To Join Five Eyes 5G Ban On Huawei/ZTE

Making it official. Canada is to turn its unofficial ban on 5G kit from Huawei and ZTE into an official…

3 years ago

Meng Wanzhou US Extradition Case Ends, Sentencing To Take Months

Huawei says it is confident in Meng’s innocence, andi it trusts the Canadian judicial system to reject US extradition request

3 years ago

Lawyers In Huawei Extradition Case Argue Against US ‘Power Grab’

Extradition hearings for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou enter final weeks as her lawyers argue against US imposing 'limitless…

4 years ago

Canada Plans Digital Services Tax In 2022

Despite OECD talks on common approach, Canada becomes latest country to announce its own digital services tax on big tech

4 years ago

Huawei Lawyers Question Border Officials In US Extradition Case

Fourth day of US extradition case sees Huawei's lawyers for CFO Meng Wanzhou questioning Canadian border officials about her arrest

4 years ago

Apple Sues Recycling Firm For Selling Dismantled Devices

Apple takes former business partner to court in Canada for allegedly selling devices that should have been recycled or scrapped

4 years ago

Tesla Driver Charged For Sleeping As Car Drove At 90mph

Unbelievable! Driver in Canada charged with dangerous driving, after he slept in fully reclined seat as his Tesla car drove…

4 years ago

Canada To Be Final ‘Five Eyes’ Member To Exclude Huawei – Report

Fifth member of intelligence-sharing group delays formal decision, effectively forcing Canadian operators to exclude Huawei 5G equipment

4 years ago

Canada Defends Disclosure Of Huawei Emails With US

Canadian government tells court that it has released as much information over the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as…

4 years ago

Huawei’s CFO Suffers Extradition Setback

Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Hauwei's founder and CFO of the firm, suffers legal setback in fight against extradition to the…

5 years ago