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Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
Heritage Minister @pablorodriguez and the government have even lost @TorontoStar on Bill C-11: Editorial board calls for changes, expressing concerns with regulating user content, lack of transparency, and the effort to pass the bill without full debate.
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Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
Grateful for support over past 24 hours, but still struggling with how my calls for a comment from Heritage Minister @pablorodriguez on govt funding an anti-semite led to excuse it isn’t his file and to his Parliamentary Secretary suggesting I’m racist.
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This neither acknowledges implying @mgeist is a racist or our govt continuing to employ someone with long term public record of extremist statements calling for violence and worse against Jewish people - in the capacity of an anti-racist instructor. @jonkay
Yesterday, in a moment of anger, I made an implication about @mgeist that was unfounded and inappropriate. I hold myself to a higher standard for the office that I hold and I apologize to Professor Geist. I have deleted the offending tweet.
THANK YOU @SwBenzie @DigitalFirstCan -- honoured and thrilled to moderate 2 panels (platforms & creators) at 2022 Summit, reconnect and meet so many amazing folks.
@Jjmccullough @JeanettePatell @deEyre @FortierMorghan @JjMcculloch @NEWJplus (Orbee Roy) @fred_bf & many more.
Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
From The Audience Lab Podcast at The Creative School, a must-listen episode of our podcast series, Mediaucracy, featuring @irenesberkowitz, on Canada's exuberant abundance of creative talent and why we're a policy tweak away from owning the global stage.
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The subtitle barrier is gone, but the global audience love for 'good stories well told' is forever. From The Audience Lab Podcast series, Mediaucracy shorturl.at/tBT06, the remarkable story of @netflix mega-hit, The Girl from Oslo, with Israeli co-creator @RonitWeiss
Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
Most notable exchange with CRTC Chair on Bill C-11:
Asked by @mivillej to provide specific examples about how discoverability would work if not with algorithms, he responded platforms would have to meet outcomes. How? By manipulating algorithms.
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For months, @pablorodriguez and the government claimed that algorithmic manipulation was out of Bill C-11. Someone forgot to the tell the CRTC. Chair Ian Scott just confirmed it could ask platforms to manipulate their algorithms to achieve discoverability outcome.
He created an ode to joy. @theDarcyMichael on @TikTok. The Audience Lab Podcast @TheCreativeSchl @TorontoMet: Mediaucracy series.
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Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
“It’s been made quite clear to the Trudeau government that there will be a diligent and thorough study of this flawed legislation; one that will be done transparently and will include witnesses whose voices and concerns were silenced in the other place.”
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Won't be pressured to rush through 150 amendments to online streaming bill, Senate says nationalpost.com/news/politi…
Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
This is what @pablorodriguez and the government thought was appropriate democratic review of Bill C-11 amendments last night. This went on for hours: just amendment number and vote. No discussion, debate, questions, or disclosure of amendment content.
michaelgeist.ca/2022/06/heri…,
I also watched “the sausage being made.” Fell asleep. Is it “fully cooked?”
Heritage committee enters the 4th hour of voting on Bill C-11 clauses and amendments with no debate or public disclosure of the text. Now past midnight ET. Astonishing betrayal of democratic norms by @pablorodriguez and the government who demanded this approach.
Why mess with a good thing? @YouTube costs 6B/yr. CA cost? Zero. 160,000 creators (incl CA govt & old media) export on @YouTube: Free. Instant. Global. Oh & free audience data comes with. @FortierMorghan on The Audience Lab Podcast, Mediaucracy series, open.spotify.com/show/40wx8b…
This episode of @Mgeist's podcast, @lawbytespod with @JeffElgie and @farhanmohamed is so fabulous it should be required listening for all concerned.
The @lawbytespod Podcast, Episode 129: Farhan Mohamed (@farhanmohamed) and Jeff Elgie (@JeffElgie) on Why Canadian Independent News Publishers Want the Government to Fix the Online News Act
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Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
We all have the same goal of seeing 🇨🇦 digital creators thrive, but #C11 isn't the right toolkit to achieve that. Let's instead work together to help all creators - digital, traditional and everyone in between - harness the power of 🌍 platforms to reach new audiences. 9/9
Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
Last week, @TikTokCanada provided a written briefing on Bill #C11 to the Committee on Canadian Heritage. We all want to see Canadian creators thrive, and we've shared our thoughts on how we can #FixC11 to achieve that. TL;DR👇 1/9 #CHPC #cdnpoli newsroom.tiktok.com/en-ca/bi…
#4/10: Fabulous line (of many) in @CarttCa by LenSt-Aubin, on the policy team that wrote the 1991 Broadcasting Act : "Bill C-11 favours the burden of regulated demand over the success of market-based demand. It is appallingly out of touch." cartt.ca/commentary-a-reply-…
Irene S Berkowitz, PhD retweeted
#3/10. May I plead with everyone to take 20 minutes that might change the debate? This Canadian @YouTube @TEDTalks is 6 years old, but riveting & relevant as ever. Canadian @salimismail,"How do we fix civilization?" youtu.be/mV0oKVOIGG4 Your thoughts most welcome. LOL: Cancon?
#3/10. May I plead with everyone to take 20 minutes that might change the debate? This Canadian @YouTube @TEDTalks is 6 years old, but riveting & relevant as ever. Canadian @salimismail,"How do we fix civilization?" youtu.be/mV0oKVOIGG4 Your thoughts most welcome. LOL: Cancon?
Tweet #2/10. May I coin a new word, GLATIONAL: public policy informed by mastery of global dynamics? I get both sides' pain. C-11 chaos seems attributable to lack of understanding. GLATIONAL seems missing from some perspectives. Knowledge is power. Its opposite: fear of unknown.