Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act

April 11, 2022 00:55:04
Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act
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Episode 125: Sue Gardner on Journalism, the Internet Platforms, and the Online News Act

Apr 11 2022 | 00:55:04

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Show Notes

Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-18 – the Online News Act – the second of three planned Internet regulation bills. There is much to unpack about the provisions in the bill including the enormous power granted to the CRTC, the extensive scope of the bill that could cover tweets or LinkedIn posts, the provision that encourages the Internet platforms to dictate how Canadian media organizations spend the money at issue, and the principle that news organizations should be compensated by some entities not only for the use of their work but even for links that refer traffic back to them.

Sue Gardner is the Max Bell School of Public Policy McConnell Professor of Practice for 2021-2022. A journalist who went on to head CBC.ca and later the Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia), she is the only Canadian, and the first woman, to have run a global top-5 internet site. She joins the Law Bytes podcast for a conversation about journalism, the Internet platforms, and Bill C-18.

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Show Notes:

Bill C-18, the Online News Act

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CBC News, This Bill Would Require Facebook, Google to Pay News Outlets

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