Copyright industry
Norren Chen, Ziyue Zhang,Bella Meng, Ning Yan #1 YouTube YouTube creators register their song or video with a Content ID and become the copyright owner…
Social Media
Freedom of Speech：Our Fundamental Rights
By Stella Tang, carol Li Modern society recognise the right to freedom of speech as a basic human right. But why is the right to…
Internet Freedom: Abuse or Real Rights for citizens?
By Yanx Wang, Tianjiao Yang, Baiyan Zhu “2016 U.S. presidential election party, Riga, Latvia” by Janitors is licensed under CC BY 2.0. One concrete example…
The Complex World of Social Media Content Moderation
Kristal Solidarios | Simon Sookias Instagram ‘Cyberflashing’, the sending of unwanted nude images to people is a serious issue that has plagued social media. “iPhone…
Big Data Surveillance: Monitoring the Public from Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives
Group Member: Yuxin Liu, Kyle Chan, Bingyan Qian In today’s society, the emergence of big data has led to capitalism and government monitoring of people’s…
The Commercialization of the Internet: The Rise of Virtual Economy and Sharing Economy
Posted by Yungang Han Yufan Wang Jifeng Deng The commercialization of the Internet, as a phenomenon of the utilization and redistribution of network resources that…
Are we protected by social media platforms?
by Angie Putri, Gina Wang, Fei Xu Online harms Online harms are the activities including contents on the internet that can damage an individual’s social,…
Canadian Government Labels Meta’s Approach to News Payment Legislation as ‘Bullying’ Amid Threats of Platform Access Block
[Edited by: Yichen Yao, Tingxuan Zhao, Huizi LI] Canada is facing threats from Meta and Google to block access to news on its platforms, as…
Mega challenge from Meta!Confrontation between government and tech giant
A senior Canadian politician has labelled the behaviour of tech behemoth Meta taking a “bullying approach” to negotiations with his government, as the country tries to…
Meta “Bullying” Canadian Government?
By Kira Tang, Jifeng Deng, Zheyi Bo A senior Canadian politician has labelled the behaviour of tech behemoth Meta taking a “bullying approach” to negotiations…