Hmmm... Can't Reach This Page
A friend called me two weeks ago because his IPTV app had stopped playing anything, just a spinning wheel and a generic playback error. When he pulled up the service's own domain in a browser to see...
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Money First, Accountability Later: Ottawa's New Internet Backbone Needs an Open Access Mandate
Prime Minister Mark Carney stood in front of hundreds of the world's largest investors on Tuesday and announced that Ottawa would reinvest "tens of billions of dollars" of capital into a new sovereign...
Spain Just Proved Why ISPs Can't Be the Internet's Content Police
Earlier this year, I wrote about "Bill S-209" (https://mgamble.ca/p/bill-s-209-protecting-kids-at-the-cost-of-the-internet) and its deeply flawed premise: that we can protect kids from pornography by...
California's New Age Verification Law: Making Kids Less Safe While Breaking Open Source
Earlier this month, "PC Gamer reported" (https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-a...
New York's 3D Printer Bill Won't Stop Ghost Guns, But It Will Stop You From Fixing Your Blender
New York is considering a budget bill (S.9005/A.10005) that would require all 3D printers sold in the state to include "blocking technology" that scans every print file through a "firearms blueprint...
New CRTC Policy Direction Released - The ball is now in their court.
Today Minister Champagne announced the final Policy Direction to the CRTC [https://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2023/02/minister-champagne-announces-final-direction-to-the-crtc-placing-affordability-and-consumer-rights-at-the-forefront-of-its-future-decisions.html] ,